Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the world, only after cataract. This disease progresses quietly causing the loss of sight and vision if the patient is not examined, diagnosed and treated promptly.
Early diagnosis will be highly recommended because it can save the patient’s eyesight and vision. Once Glaucoma is confirmed, the doctor should explain to the patient that they must continuously monitor the illness and receive treatments for life.
The reason is that Glaucoma is a disease causing damages to the optic nerve head. It’s very easy to be missed when patients go for examination of diseases such as cataract (partial obstruction), conjunctivitis (red eye, swelling), disability refraction, dry eyes, etc.
Dr Trinh Bach Tuyet – Head of Ophthalmology of City International Hospital
Currently, Ophthalmology Department of CIH is equipped with a full range of modern equipment for screening, early detection and monitoring of Glaucoma disease.
- OCT scanner: examining retinal nerve fiber layer, measuring GM thickness, etc.
- Color-coded bottom: diagnosis, monitoring of diseases: Glaucoma, retinal hemorrhage, macular edema.
- Vision measurement: diagnosis and monitoring of diseases: Glaucoma, retina, optic nerve, etc.
Dr Trinh Bach Tuyet – Head of Ophthalmology Department and a team of doctors and technicians with years of experiences in screening and treating eye diseases. Especially, Dr Tuyet is one of the leading doctors in treating Glaucoma.
Glaucoma can happen to anyone at any ages, therefore, everyone should have eye-check regularly and consult Ophthalmology doctors.
People with high risks of Glaucoma
- Over age of 40
- Family members having Glaucoma
- Asian
- Nearsightedness and farsightedness
- Eye injury
- Long-term use of corticosteroids
- Thin central cornea
- Pathology of diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease
- Immunological diseases: Lupus erythematosus, MS, etc.
It’s very important to detect the disease from an early stage. This may help to prevent Glaucoma by using laser (LPI) when the patients have shallow or bulging glass. Currently, this technique is applying at City International Hospital.
Having regular screenings to detect diseases is necessary an early stage, or may prevent glaucoma by Lazer iris (LPI) when patients with room farm or vitreous bulging, the technique has been implemented in CIH.
Screening Glaucoma (The optic nerve, Glaucoma, Increased hydration pressure in Glaucoma)
When receiving an indication of surgery from your doctors, you can visit Ophthalmology Department of CIH to perform the surgery treating Glaucoma at world-class level:
- Cut the scaffold + MMC
- Cut the sclera + Ologen
- Cut the scaffold + Phaco + IOL
- Valve Almed
- Shunt Express.Istent
Particularly, patients, who have had surgery to treat Glaucoma before, need to have regular checkups and follow-up of the diseases:
- Measure eye pressure.
- Optometry.
- Measure the market.
- OCT capture (nerve fiber layer survey)
For the best treatment result and achieving target eye’s pressure, drugs can be added and performing a surgery for the second time, depending on the current eye’s pressure of the patient.
City International Hospital’s Ophthalmology Department
Eye-Screening Packages
| Items | Adults | Children |
| Executive health check-up | ||
| Specialist check-up – First visit – Ophthalmology Department | x | x |
| Other screenings | ||
| Eye pressure measurement | x | |
| Eye's bottom checking | x | x |
| Eye's corner checking | x | |
| OCT scanning | x | |
| Eye's bottom scanning | x | |
| Vision measurement | x | |
| Refractometer | x | |
|
Special rate |
1,500,000 |
450,000 |
See more of health screening packages
For more information of the health screening packages of CIH, please call (028) 6280 3333, branch line: 8424 or 8402 for consultation.
Ophthalmology Department of CIH
No 3, Street 17A, Ward Binh Tri Dong B, District Binh Tan, HCMC.
Hotline: (8428) 6280 3333 (Branch line: 8180) for consultation.
Website: www.cih.com.vn.