03/11/2026
👁️🗨️ ARE YOU AT RISK FOR GLAUCOMA⁉️
Everyone is at risk for glaucoma. However, certain groups are at higher risk than others.
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✅ AFRICAN AMERICANS
Glaucoma is six to eight times more common in African Americans than in Caucasians.
✅. PEOPLE OVER 60
You are six times more likely to get glaucoma if you are over 60 years old.
✅. FAMILY MEMBERS WITH GLAUCOMA
FAMILY HISTORY CAN INCREASE YOUR RISK 4-6 TIMES
✅. OLDER AGED HISPANICS
Recent studies indicate that the risk for Hispanic populations is greater than that of predominantly European ancestry and that the risk increases among Hispanics over age 60.
✅. ASIANS
People of Asian descent appear to be at increased risk for angle-closure glaucoma.
✅. STEROID USERS
Some evidence links steroid use to glaucoma. A 1997 study reported in the Journal of American Medical Association demonstrated a 40% increase in the incidence of ocular hypertension and open-angle glaucoma in adults who require approximately 14 to 35 puffs of steroid inhalers to control asthma.
✅. EYE INJURIES
Injury to the eye may cause secondary open-angle glaucoma.
✅. OTHER RISK FACTORS
High myopia (nearsightedness)
Hypertension
Central corneal thickness less than .5 mm.
