What is glaucoma?

Glaucoma is when pressure inside your eye gets too high and starts to hurt the special parts that help you see.

Imagine your eye is like a balloon. Inside it, there's a little stream that helps keep things flowing, kind of like how water flows in a river. When everything works just right, the pressure stays even, and you can see clearly.

If the stream gets blocked, it’s like turning on the faucet but not opening the drain. The balloon (your eye) starts to get squished, and that hurts the part of your eye that sends pictures to your brain.

It’s like when you squeeze a soft toy too hard, and it loses its shape. Over time, if this happens enough, your vision might start to get blurry or even go away in parts.

Glaucoma is sneaky, sometimes you won’t feel it at first. But if we catch it early, we can help keep the pressure just right so you can keep seeing the world clearly for a long time!