Black Patients More Likely to Lose Vision After Glaucoma Diagnosis
Glaucoma is a condition of increased pressure within the eye
It is is the leading cause of blindness in the United States
It typically has no symptoms until patients have permanent vision loss
Researchers said they suspect the disease begins one to two decades earlier in Black
African descent is a risk factor for glaucoma blindness
The findings were published July 25 in the journal
Translational Vision Science & Technology
.