The optic nerve carries signals from the retina to the brain through the optic disc. In glaucoma patients, increased eye pressure and reduced blood flow cause nerve fibers to die, enlarging the cup region in the center of the optic disc over time. Doctors monitor the ratio of the cup size to the overall disc size through eye photos to track glaucoma progression and determine if treatment needs adjusting, as a ratio over 0.6 is considered suspicious for the condition.
The optic nerve carries signals from the retina to the brain through the optic disc. In glaucoma patients, increased eye pressure and reduced blood flow cause nerve fibers to die, enlarging the cup region in the center of the optic disc over time. Doctors monitor the ratio of the cup size to the overall disc size through eye photos to track glaucoma progression and determine if treatment needs adjusting, as a ratio over 0.6 is considered suspicious for the condition.
The optic nerve carries signals from the retina to the brain through the optic disc. In glaucoma patients, increased eye pressure and reduced blood flow cause nerve fibers to die, enlarging the cup region in the center of the optic disc over time. Doctors monitor the ratio of the cup size to the overall disc size through eye photos to track glaucoma progression and determine if treatment needs adjusting, as a ratio over 0.6 is considered suspicious for the condition.
The optic nerve carries impulses for sight from the
retina in the eye to the brain. It is composed of millions of retinal nerve fibers that bundle together and exit to the brain through the optic disc located at the back of the eye. The optic disc has a center portion called the "cup" which is normally quite small in comparison to the entire optic disc. In people with glaucoma damage, because of increased pressure in the eye and/or loss of blood flow to the optic nerve, these nerve fibers begin to die. This causes the cup to become larger in comparison to the optic disc, since the support structure is not there. Optic nerve cupping progresses as the cup becomes larger in comparison to the optic disc. A cup to disc ratio greater than six-tenths (0,6 ) is generally considered to be suspicious for glaucoma. Through periodic photographs of the optic nerve, the ratio of the cup to the disc can be monitored. This helps the doctor determine whether or not damage is still occurring to the nerve fibers with current treatment and/or if treatment should be modified.
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