External Causes:
• Blockage of blood vessels in the eye
• Blunt injury to the eye
• Chemical damages to the eye
• Severe eye infection
• Inflammatory conditions of the eye (Uveitis)
Symptoms
• Seeing halos around lights
• Vision loss
• Redness in the eye
• Sudden hazy or blurred vision
• Nausea or vomiting
• Pain in the eye
• Narrowing of vision (tunnel vision)
• Flashes of light or black spots
• Double vision
• Seeing spots, ghost-like images
People at Most Risk:
• Are over the age of 40
• Have a family history of glaucoma
• People of African-American ancestry
• Have poor vision
• Have thin corneas
• Have diabetes
• Have had trauma to the eye or eyes
• Take certain steroid medications, such as prednisone