{"id":120,"date":"2013-12-30T17:13:55","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T17:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"\/?page_id=120"},"modified":"2022-12-09T12:10:13","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T18:10:13","slug":"glaucoma","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/premiermedicalgrp.com\/es\/services\/eye\/ophthalmology\/glaucoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Glaucoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"rgg-container\" data-rgg-id=\"1\">    <div class=\"rgg-imagegrid captions-title captions-effect-none\" data-rgg-id=\"1\">\n                    <a  data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Dr. Stuart F. Ball\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/premiermedicalgrp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/PRM-2020-Stuart-F-Ball-214x300.jpg\" data-ratio=\"0.713333333333\" data-height=\"300\" data-width=\"214\" aria-label=\"Retrato del doctor Stuart F. Ball\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a  data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Dr. Ryan C. Burton\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/premiermedicalgrp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PRM-2020-Ryan-C-Burton-1-214x300.jpg\" data-ratio=\"0.713333333333\" data-height=\"300\" data-width=\"214\" aria-label=\"Retrato del doctor Ryan C. Burton\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a  data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Dr. Sean Carter\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/premiermedicalgrp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PRM-22-29-SeanCarter-400x560-1-214x300.jpeg\" data-ratio=\"0.713333333333\" data-height=\"300\" data-width=\"214\" aria-label=\"Dr. Sean M. Carter, oftalm\u00f3logo, Mobile, Alabama\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a  data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Dr. Curtis M. Graf, Jr.\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/premiermedicalgrp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/PRM-2020-Curtis-M-Graf-Jr-214x300.jpg\" data-ratio=\"0.713333333333\" data-height=\"300\" data-width=\"214\" aria-label=\"Curtis M. Graf, Jr, MD, retrato\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a  data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Dr. C. Drew Salisbury\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/premiermedicalgrp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/PRM-2020-C-Drew-Salisbury-1-214x300.jpg\" data-ratio=\"0.713333333333\" data-height=\"300\" data-width=\"214\" aria-label=\"C. Drew Salisbury, MD, retrato\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a  data-rel=\"rgg\" rel=\"rgg\" title=\"Dr. Edmond Wright\" class=\"rgg-disabled size-medium rgg-img\" data-src=\"https:\/\/premiermedicalgrp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PRM-22-27-DrWright-Print-Ads-ResizedHeadshot-400x560-1-214x300.jpg\" data-ratio=\"0.713333333333\" data-height=\"300\" data-width=\"214\" aria-label=\"Edmond Wright, MD, m\u00e9dico oftalm\u00f3logo de primer nivel en la sucursal West en Mobile, AL\">\n                            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">El glaucoma es la segunda causa principal de ceguera en los Estados Unidos y la mitad de las personas que tienen glaucoma no saben que tienen la enfermedad y no son conscientes de que se est\u00e1n quedando ciegas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">El glaucoma es una enfermedad del nervio \u00f3ptico, que conecta el ojo con el cerebro. Es como un cable el\u00e9ctrico con un mill\u00f3n de hilos, cada uno de los cuales lleva informaci\u00f3n \u00fanica. Si tiene glaucoma, est\u00e1 perdiendo o ha perdido varios de esos hilos o, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Optic nerve fibers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Fibras del nervio \u00f3ptico<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0 Cuando se pierden fibras del nervio \u00f3ptico, se pierde una parte de la imagen del mundo tal como lo vemos. El cerebro intenta cubrir el defecto rellenando el hueco con una imagen similar a la que lo rodea. Como el cerebro es tan bueno en esto, el defecto del campo visual es dif\u00edcil de detectar para el paciente. Uno de los mayores riesgos de desarrollar glaucoma es la presi\u00f3n elevada del l\u00edquido dentro del ojo, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intraocular_pressure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">presi\u00f3n intraocular<\/span><\/a><\/span>Sin presi\u00f3n intraocular (PIO), el ojo colapsar\u00eda y fallar\u00eda. La presi\u00f3n se crea por la formaci\u00f3n de <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aqueous_humour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">humo acuoso<\/span><\/a>a<\/span> Dentro del ojo. El acuoso se produce veinticuatro horas al d\u00eda y nunca se detiene. Por lo tanto, debe drenar desde el ojo hacia las venas del ojo. El drenaje no puede estar completamente abierto o no habr\u00eda presi\u00f3n y el ojo colapsar\u00eda, por lo que el drenaje debe ofrecer cierta resistencia al flujo de salida. Milagrosamente, el drenaje es similar a una esponja. El acuoso puede moverse a trav\u00e9s de los huecos de la esponja, pero las fibras de la esponja impiden su avance lo suficiente como para mantener la presi\u00f3n en una zona segura estrecha, por lo general. En algunas personas, el flujo de salida no es suficiente para mantener la presi\u00f3n normal y la presi\u00f3n aumenta. Esta condici\u00f3n se conoce como <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/C:\\Users\\gbutler\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Temporary Internet Files\\Content.Outlook\\T68HQ8K7\\ocular hypertension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">hipertensi\u00f3n ocular.<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0 El mayor riesgo de desarrollar glaucoma es la hipertensi\u00f3n ocular. Si se determina que la presi\u00f3n intraocular es demasiado alta para mantener un nervio \u00f3ptico sano, se debe iniciar un tratamiento para prevenir da\u00f1os.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">En la actualidad, las \u00fanicas opciones de tratamiento eficaces que tenemos son aquellas que reducen la presi\u00f3n intraocular. Esto se logra mediante el uso de medicamentos, generalmente en forma de gotas para los ojos o cirug\u00eda. Las gotas para los ojos act\u00faan retardando la producci\u00f3n de humor acuoso y\/o aumentando su drenaje. La cirug\u00eda puede consistir en cualquier cosa, desde un procedimiento l\u00e1ser extraocular com\u00fan hasta una cirug\u00eda intraocular complicada en la que se implantan sofisticados stents o derivaciones en el ojo para mejorar el da\u00f1o del humor acuoso del ojo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">En muchos casos, el tratamiento se inicia antes de que se produzca un da\u00f1o mensurable en el nervio \u00f3ptico. Pero, como ocurre pr\u00e1cticamente con todos los tratamientos m\u00e9dicos, existe un inconveniente. Por eso, la decisi\u00f3n de iniciar el tratamiento no se toma a la ligera, incluso si implica algo aparentemente tan menor como usar gotas para los ojos una vez al d\u00eda. En caso de que el primer modo de tratamiento no consiga reducir la PIO, se iniciar\u00e1 un nuevo plan de tratamiento.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Independientemente del modo de tratamiento, es imprescindible que el paciente siga el plan. El \u00e9xito de cualquier plan de tratamiento depende en gran medida de la capacidad del paciente para cumplirlo.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Otros servicios:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"C\u00f3rnea\" href=\"http:\/\/premiermedicalgrp.com\/es\/services\/eye\/ophthalmology\/cornea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">C\u00f3rnea<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Cirug\u00eda oculopl\u00e1stica\/cirug\u00eda de p\u00e1rpados\" href=\"http:\/\/premiermedicalgrp.com\/es\/services\/eye\/ophthalmology\/occulo-plastics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cirug\u00eda oculopl\u00e1stica\/cirug\u00eda de p\u00e1rpados<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Pediatr\u00eda\/Estrabismo\" href=\"http:\/\/premiermedicalgrp.com\/es\/services\/eye\/ophthalmology\/pediatrics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pediatr\u00eda\/Estrabismo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Enfermedades y cirug\u00eda de la retina\" href=\"http:\/\/premiermedicalgrp.com\/es\/services\/eye\/ophthalmology\/retina-diseases-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enfermedades y cirug\u00eda de la retina<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>M\u00e9dicos especialistas en cirug\u00eda de glaucoma<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/premiermedicalgrp.com\/es\/physicians\/stuart-ball-md\/\">Dr. Stuart F. Ball<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/premiermedicalgrp.com\/es\/physicians\/ryan-c-burton-md\/\">Dr. Ryan C. Burton<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/premiermedicalgrp.com\/es\/physicians\/curtis-graf-md\/\">Dr. Curtis M. Graf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/premiermedicalgrp.com\/es\/physicians\/c-drew-salisbury-md\/\">Dr. C. Drew Salisbury<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/premiermedicalgrp.com\/es\/physicians\/edmond-wright-md\/\">Dr. Edmond Wright<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the United States, and half of the people who have glaucoma don&#8217;t know that they have the disease and are not aware that they are going blind. 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