Glaucoma patients report a wide range of emotional and psychological changes

Monday, April 11, 2011 - 09:30 in Health & Medicine

Fear of the unknown is one of the greatest issues facing patients with glaucoma - the second leading cause of blindness worldwide after cataracts - according to research in the April issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing. People also worry about how the eye disease, which can be hereditary, will affect other members of their family.

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