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Chronic angle-closure glaucoma is a disease affecting the eye’s optic nerve. Uncontrolled pressure in the eye from a blocked drainage angle damages the optic nerve. When the optic nerve is damaged, it can lead to blindness. Ophthalmologists treat chronic angle-closure glaucoma with medicine and surgery.

A coloboma is when normal tissue in or around the eye is missing at birth. A coloboma can affect different parts of the eye. The symptoms of coloboma on the front of the eye will be visually noticeable as the pupil and eyelid will look different. Coloboma inside the eye can cause vision loss. Coloboma

Color blindness occurs when you are unable to see colors in a normal way. Color blindness often happens when someone cannot distinguish between certain colors. This usually happens between greens and reds, and occasionally blues. Color blindness can happen when one or more of the color cone cells are

Many people have both cataracts and glaucoma at the same time. In some cases, people have cataracts that affect their daily activities, and their eye pressure has not been controlled successfully with glaucoma medicine or laser treatment. For some of these people, ophthalmologists may suggest doing a

Conjunctivitis (often called "pink eye") is when the clear tissue covering the white part of your eye and the inside of your eyelids gets red, swollen and sticky. It can spread easily among people when caused by a virus or bacteria. Sometimes pink eye is due to an allergic reaction. In some cases, an