Glacuoma Risk Factors

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <meta name="keywords" content= "glaucoma, risk factors,healthy choices, doctor, visit, Healthy Choices, doctor,family history, race, Asian, Eskimo, Japanese, cardiovascular disease,surgery, steroids,African American, age, far-sighted, near-sighted, treatment,Gluacoma, FAQ, symptoms, public education, charity, AHAF, American Health Assistance Foundation,donations, updates, caregiving, support, blindness, eye"> <meta name="Description" content="Risk factors for glaucoma"> <div align="center"> <p><font size="5"><b><font size="7">National Glaucoma Research</font></b></font> </p> <center> </center> <center> <h2 align="center"><b>Risk Factors</b></h2> </center> <p align="left"><b>Open-angle glaucoma:</b> <div align="left"> <ul> <li>African Americans age 40 and older</li> <li>Family history of glaucoma </li> <li>Age 60 and older for the general population </li> <li>Poor long-distance vision (near-sighted) </li> <li>History of diabetes </li> <li>Taking prescription steroids </li> <li>Eye injury or eye surgery</li> </ul> </div> <p align="left"><b>Closed-angle glaucoma:</b></p> <div align="left"> <ul> <li>Age </li> <li> Family history </li> <li> Poor short-distance vision (far-sighted) </li> <li> Eye injury or eye surgery </li> <li> Asian or Eskimo descent may increase risk</li> </ul> </div> <p align="left"><b>Normal-tension glaucoma:</b></p> <div align="left"> <ul> <li> Cardiovascular disease </li> <li> Family history</li> <li>Japanese descent may increase risk</li> </ul> </div> <p align="left"></p> </div> <p align="center"> <font size="5">Your browser cannot view frames, so please visit our <a href="../../text_index/text_glaucoma/text_g_risk.htm">no-frames </a> section for more information on glaucoma risk factors. The no-frames section is also designed to be accessible for person's with disabilities.</font> <p align="center"> <a href="../../index.html" target="_top"><font size="3">Home Page</font></a> <font size=2> | </font><a href="glabout.htm" target="_top">About Glaucoma</a> </body>