Glaucoma
Consultant-led glaucoma diagnosis, monitoring and surgery
Ms Tahmina Pearsall is a UK-trained consultant ophthalmic surgeon with specialist expertise in medical, laser and surgical management of every form of glaucoma — from routine open-angle disease to complex angle-closure and post-surgical care.
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What is Glaucoma?
An introduction to glaucoma — a group of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve and can cause gradual, irreversible vision loss.
Read more →Being a 'Glaucoma Suspect'
What it means to be monitored as a glaucoma suspect — the risk factors, tests and follow-up involved.
Read more →Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma
How narrowing of the drainage angle causes acute or chronic angle-closure glaucoma, and how it is treated.
Read more →Laser Iridotomy
A quick outpatient YAG laser procedure that creates a tiny opening in the iris to prevent angle closure.
Read more →Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty (SLT)
A gentle first-line laser treatment for open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension.
Read more →Cyclodiode Laser
A laser treatment that lowers eye pressure by reducing fluid production from the ciliary body.
Read more →Trabeculectomy
The long-established 'gold standard' glaucoma operation, creating a guarded drainage channel out of the eye.
Read more →Bleb Needling
A minor in-clinic procedure to restore drainage when a trabeculectomy bleb starts to scar down.
Read more →Shunt (Tube) Surgery
Silicone-tube drainage surgery for complex glaucoma or eyes with previous surgery.
Read more →PRESERFLO MicroShunt
A modern micro-shunt implant offering pressure control similar to trabeculectomy with a more predictable recovery.
Read more →Pigmentary Glaucoma
A form of glaucoma in which pigment from the iris clogs the eye's drainage, typically in younger, short-sighted adults.
Read more →Pseudoexfoliation Glaucoma
A more aggressive form of open-angle glaucoma caused by flaky material blocking the eye's drainage.
Read more →Visual Field Assessment
How visual field testing checks your central and peripheral vision to detect and monitor eye disease.
Read more →Driving with Glaucoma
Guidance on driving with glaucoma and when the DVLA needs to be notified in the UK.
Read more →Concerned about glaucoma?
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