{"id":5103,"date":"2020-03-22T15:04:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T19:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/?page_id=5103"},"modified":"2020-03-22T15:04:40","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T19:04:40","slug":"glaucoma-specialist-shillington-pa-html","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/glaucoma-specialist-shillington-pa-html\/","title":{"rendered":"Glaucoma Specialist Shillington, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over 70 million people worldwide suffer from\nglaucoma, but many do not even know they have it. Glaucoma is called the silent\nthief of sight, and is actually a group of eye diseases. What do they all have\nin common? The optic nerve is damaged and, when left untreated, can rob a\nperson of his or her eyesight. If you live or work in Shillington, PA, our Eye\nConsultants of Pennsylvania\nglaucoma specialist in Wyomissing can help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exploring Glaucoma<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/specialties\/glaucoma\/\">Glaucoma<\/a> affects more than three million\nAmericans and is one of the leading causes of preventable blindness in the world.\nIt is caused by an increase in internal eye pressure. Over time, that pressure\nbuildup damages the optic nerve and its ability to transmit visual information\nfrom the eye to the brain. There are several types of glaucoma:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Primary\n     Open-Angle Glaucoma<\/li><li>Normal\n     Tension Glaucoma<\/li><li>Angle-Closure\n     Glaucoma<\/li><li>Pigmentary\n     Glaucoma<\/li><li>Exfoliation\n     Syndrome<\/li><li>Trauma-Related\n     Glaucoma<\/li><li>Childhood\n     Glaucoma<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A degradation\nof vision is a main indicator of glaucoma, but this decline happens so\ngradually that patients don\u2019t notice any of the symptoms until it is too late. Unfortunately,\nby the time most people notice any significant vision loss, the glaucoma has already\nreached an advanced stage and extensive damage has already been done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Glaucoma Treatment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no\nremedy for the vision loss that has already occurred, so early detection, diagnosis and treatment\nare all incredibly important. Our glaucoma specialists in Shillington can\npreserve your vision and often protect your eyes against serious vision loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For these\nreasons, our Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania physicians emphasize the incredibly\nimportant regular eye exam. These exams are the only way our glaucoma\nspecialists can detect the optic nerve damage that is characteristic of glaucoma.\nThe comprehensive eye exams include several glaucoma detection tests designed\nto look for early signs of the disease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Glaucoma can be treated using one\nof three standard treatments &#8212; medications, laser trabeculoplasty, or\nconventional surgery &#8212; all designed to reduce the intraocular pressure inside\nthe eye. By lowering the internal eye pressure, further vision loss can be\nprevented. Left untreated, patients do eventually go blind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For\nearly stage glaucoma, we prescribe medications in either pill or eye drop form.\nBoth medications are designed to lower eye pressure. We also perform a surgical\nprocedure called laser trabeculoplasty, an in-office procedure that involves draining\nfluid from the internal eye to lower intraocular pressure. This surgery is relatively\nrisk-free and a good and effective treatment for glaucoma. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our\nglaucoma specialists start with the above two methods, but if they are not\nsuccessful, we suggest the more traditional surgery. Furthermore, sometimes\npatients are not good candidates for the laser procedure, so we perform a more\nconventional surgery. The surgeons create a new opening whereby the eye fluid can\ncontinuously drain to lower internal pressure. This procedure can have a higher\ninfection risk, and can cause cataracts or other cornea problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Screening Is Crucial<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While\nwe can certainly provide these very effective treatments, regular eye\nscreenings are still the best way to diagnose glaucoma. If you live or work in\nShillington and it has been a while since your last eye exam, come see our\nexperienced glaucoma specialist in Wyomissing, PA. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/\">Give\nus a call today<\/a> at\n610-378-8500 to come in for an initial free consultation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 70 million people worldwide suffer from glaucoma, but many do not even know they have it. Glaucoma is called the silent thief of sight, and is actually a group of eye diseases. What do they all have in common? The optic nerve is damaged and, when left untreated, can rob a person of his &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/glaucoma-specialist-shillington-pa-html\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Glaucoma Specialist Shillington, PA<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Glaucoma Specialist Shillington, PA | Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you live or work in Shillington and it has been a while since your last eye exam, come see our experienced glaucoma specialist in Wyomissing, PA.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/glaucoma-specialist-shillington-pa-html\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Glaucoma Specialist Shillington, PA | Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you live or work in Shillington and it has been a while since your last eye exam, come see our experienced glaucoma specialist in Wyomissing, PA.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/glaucoma-specialist-shillington-pa-html\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EyeConsOfPA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-03-22T19:04:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/glaucoma-specialist-shillington-pa-html\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/glaucoma-specialist-shillington-pa-html\/\",\"name\":\"Glaucoma Specialist Shillington, PA | Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-22T19:04:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-22T19:04:40+00:00\",\"description\":\"If you live or work in Shillington and it has been a while since your last eye exam, come see our experienced glaucoma specialist in Wyomissing, PA.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/glaucoma-specialist-shillington-pa-html\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/glaucoma-specialist-shillington-pa-html\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/glaucoma-specialist-shillington-pa-html\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Glaucoma Specialist Shillington, PA\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/\",\"name\":\"Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania, PC\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ecop-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ecop-logo.png\",\"width\":\"700\",\"height\":\"113\",\"caption\":\"Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania, PC\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EyeConsOfPA\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/eyeconsultantsofpa\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/eye-consultants-of-pennsylvania\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/EyeConsOfPA\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Glaucoma Specialist Shillington, PA | Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania","description":"If you live or work in Shillington and it has been a while since your last eye exam, come see our experienced glaucoma specialist in Wyomissing, PA.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/glaucoma-specialist-shillington-pa-html\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Glaucoma Specialist Shillington, PA | Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania","og_description":"If you live or work in Shillington and it has been a while since your last eye exam, come see our experienced glaucoma specialist in Wyomissing, PA.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/glaucoma-specialist-shillington-pa-html\/","og_site_name":"Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EyeConsOfPA","article_modified_time":"2020-03-22T19:04:40+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/glaucoma-specialist-shillington-pa-html\/","url":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/glaucoma-specialist-shillington-pa-html\/","name":"Glaucoma Specialist Shillington, PA | Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-03-22T19:04:22+00:00","dateModified":"2020-03-22T19:04:40+00:00","description":"If you live or work in Shillington and it has been a while since your last eye exam, come see our experienced glaucoma specialist in Wyomissing, PA.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/glaucoma-specialist-shillington-pa-html\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/glaucoma-specialist-shillington-pa-html\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/glaucoma-specialist-shillington-pa-html\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Glaucoma Specialist Shillington, PA"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/","name":"Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/#organization","name":"Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania, PC","url":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ecop-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ecop-logo.png","width":"700","height":"113","caption":"Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania, PC"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EyeConsOfPA","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/eyeconsultantsofpa\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/eye-consultants-of-pennsylvania","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/EyeConsOfPA"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5103"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5103"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5106,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5103\/revisions\/5106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}