Specializing in Glaucoma Diagnosis and Treatment and Comprehensive Ophthalmology
Dedicated to the Preservation of Sight
Glaucoma Specialists of South Florida offers the most advanced technology to accurately diagnose and treat glaucoma. Our state-of-the-art ophthalmic center offers an exceptional level of technology in a warm, pleasant atmosphere not typically found elsewhere. Our staff includes the best eyecare professionals in the area.
We recognize that your time is valuable, and we do our best to make the time you spend at our office both productive and comfortable. Our many Diagnostic services conveniently available in our office include. (HRT) Heidelbergy Retinal Topography Sita Visual Field Testing and Progression Analysis Digital Stereoscopic Optic Nerve Photography Corneal Pachymetry Gonioscopy Star II Glaucoma Risk Calculator
The Eye and Glaucoma
The eye, our organ of sight, is a nearly spherical hollow globe filled with fluids (humors). The outer layer or tunic (sclera, or white, and cornea) is fibrous and protective. The middle tunic layer (choroid, ciliary body and the iris) is vascular. The innermost layer (the retina) is nervous or sensory. The fluids in the eye are divided by the lens into the vitreous humor (behind the lens) and the aqueous humor (in front of the lens). The lens itself is flexible and suspended by ligaments which allow it to change shape to focus light on the retina, which is composed of sensory neurons
Glaucoma refers to a group of eye conditions typified by an increased fluid pressureinside the eye. The increased pressure causes compression of the optic nerve. This nerve carries visual information from the eye to the brain, and can eventually become damaged with glaucoma. Elevated eye pressure is the greatest risk factor for optic nerve damage in glaucoma. If unrecognized and untreated, glaucoma can cause partial vision loss, with blindness as a possible eventual outcome.
Glaucoma Specialists of South Florida offers the most advanced technology to accurately diagnose and treat glaucoma. Our state-of-the-art ophthalmic center offers an exceptional level of technology in a warm, pleasant atmosphere not typically found elsewhere. Our staff includes the best eyecare professionals in the area.
