Health Tip: Recognizing Signs of Glaucoma

Here are common symptoms

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(HealthDay News) -- The term glaucoma includes a host of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve, which carries information about what you see to the brain.

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The U.S. National Library of Medicine says glaucoma may have these symptoms:

• Development of tunnel vision, which is characterized by loss of side (peripheral) vision.
• Sudden and extreme pain that affects only one eye.
• Vision that clouds up or otherwise worsens.
• Vomiting and nausea.
• Seeing a rainbow-colored halo around lights. Or having a sensitivity to light.
• A feeling of swelling or redness of the eye.

-- Diana Kohnle