Prevention & Risk Factors

Although ocular hypertension does not cause glaucoma, it is a risk factor. Understand other risk factors of glaucoma and ways to reduce possible risk of disease prevention

The appearance of the optic nerve is suspected during cupping (cup size, the optic nerve center space is larger than usual)

If you have a risk of glaucoma, we recommend a healthy lifestyle such as regular exercise or nutritious meals. It is also important to take care of your spiritual and emotional health.

Because there is evidence that intake of caffeine can increase intraocular pressure when taken in large quantity, we limit intake of caffeine to moderate level

Please take a walk, swim, work in the garden and exercise everyday.

If you are an African American, taking prescription eyedrops can reduce the risk of glaucoma

Dark green, yellow, orange fruits and vegetables: These foods contain carotenoids and are resistant to many diseases including glaucoma. Lutein and zeaxanthin are particularly important for visual health. They are found in dark green leaf vegetables such as spinach, kale, kale and in yellow corn, okra, broccoli, brussels sprouts, mango, green beans, sweet potatoes, lima beans, pumpkins, green, yellow and orange bells. Pepper and yolk

Vitamin C rich fruits and vegetables: peppers, citrus fruits, tomatoes, broccoli, strawberries, sweet white potatoes, green leafy vegetables and cantaloupes

Foods containing vitamin E: eggs, reinforced cereals, fruits, wheat germs, green leafy vegetables, nuts, nut oils, vegetable oils, whole grains

Foods containing vitamin D: The main meal sources are cod liver oil, "oily" fish, reinforced milk and cereal, and egg yolk.

Zinc-containing foods: These include oysters, lean meat, poultry, beans, nuts, certain seafood, whole grains, reinforced breakfast cereals, and dairy products.

Regarding glaucoma, special food can not be avoided, but caffeine is one of the main substances of coffee. Therefore, intraocular pressure continues to rise for more than 90 minutes. Whether the patient and its ophthalmologist can best solve this increase. A rough guide is to drink caffeine moderately. There is no harm even if you drink coffee, but if you want to drink lots of coffee, consider using caffeine free coffee.

As mentioned earlier, most non-communicable diseases are common preventable risk factors. Most non-communicable diseases are closely related to four specific behaviors and causal relationships, namely tobacco use, lack of physical activity, unhealthy diet and harmful use of alcohol. These behaviors lead to four important metabolic / physiological changes: hypertension, overweight / obesity, hyperglycemia, and hyperlipidemia. Regarding death due to cause, the world's biggest risk factor for non-communicable diseases is elevated blood pressure (13% of worldwide death), then smoking (9%), elevated blood glucose (6%), It is a lack of activity. 6%), overweight and obesity (5%) (13)

This report summarizes evidence of CVD risk factors for pediatric atherosclerosis and epidemiology of currently published recommendations. We present a summary of the recommended clinical approach to prevent the occurrence of risk factors, review the cut-off points to identify risk factors, and improve the high-risk condition once developed. The National Heart and Lung Blood Institute established a counsel group to discuss and advise on the prevention of cardiovascular disease in children and adolescents. This work is in progress and has not been released yet. This report outlines the synthesis of previously published recommendations