Symptoms

Symptoms of Glaucoma

The more common form of glaucoma, open-angle glaucoma, has no symptoms. Many people with this type of glaucoma don’t realize they have it until they start to lose their peripheral (side) vision.

The rarer closed-angle glaucoma may be accompanied by a variety of symptoms caused by the rapid build-up of pressure in the eye:

• Blurred vision or tunnel vision
• Severe eye pain
• Haloes around lights
• Headache
• Nausea
• Vomiting

Be sure to contact your physician if you have these symptoms, as it can indicate a number of severe eye conditions that can lead to blindness.