Regular eye examination by your ophthalmologist are the best way to detect glaucoma. An ophthalmologist is a medical doctor. Your ophthalmologist can detect an treat glaucoma.
- During a complete and painless examination, you ophthalmologist will.
- Measure your intraocular pressure (tonometry)
- Inspect the drainage angle of your eye (gonioscopy)
- Evaluate any optic nerve damage (ophthalmoscopy)
- Test the visual field of each eye (perimetry)
- Measures the retinal nerve fiber laser thickness (Optical Coherence Tomogrphy - OCT)