Glaucoma

[mooduk]

Can boxing and/or contact sports cause or worsen the severity of glaucoma?  Thanks.  MooDuk

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

answered elsewhere soori

JCH III MD

[soori]

I met an accident few months before mad my left eye injured. Thus i could see only blurr image which is difficult to recognise objects. Doctors says that lens is dangling one side and it require complicated and very sensitive surgery.Is it really complicated?, i shall be greatefull to you If you send recorded surgery video trailer of this kind operation.

Regards

Suresh prabhu

[John C Hagan]

Yes, plus cause retinal detachment, cataracts, dislocated lens, traumatic iritis and hyphema (bleeding).  Boxing is the worst.

JCH III MD