How to Use glaucoma in a Sentence

glaucoma

noun

• Steroids have a lot of side effects such as weight gain and glaucoma.
  — Matt Villano, CNN, 10 May 2021
• Her grandfather has been seeing the world through the milky eyes of glaucoma for five, six years.
  — Han Ong, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
• Of late, these Padres may be harder on Leitner’s eyes than the glaucoma.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2019
• Born in southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing, Zhang lost his sight at the age of 21 due to glaucoma.
  — CNN, 1 June 2021
• In glaucoma, the optic nerve gets damaged, often by a buildup of pressure in the eye.
  — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 2 Dec. 2020
• Lewis is blind in his right eye and has serious glaucoma in his left.
  — Kenneth E. Hartman, Harper's magazine, 16 Sep. 2019
• No area of vision that is lost to glaucoma can be restored.
  — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022
• This could happen as a result of glaucoma, the Mayo Clinic points out.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 25 Oct. 2018
• The good news is that glaucoma is treatable, says Dr. Parker.
  — Meghan Rabbitt, Good Housekeeping, 14 Oct. 2021
• My glaucoma got so aggressive there was no way to stop it.
  — Scott Luxor, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Oct. 2020
• When Fountain retired from touring, the band was joined by Ben Moore, who’d lost his sight to glaucoma two decades ago.
  — Santi Elijah Holley, The Atlantic, 6 June 2018
• The trial has so far enrolled two glaucoma patients, a 17-year-old woman and a 76-year-old man.
  — Rebecca Robbins, STAT, 2 July 2018
• Then the shelter called and told Writz that the dog would be having emergency surgery to remove an eye with glaucoma.
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2017
• Vinny lost his sight due to glaucoma, and Jax has become his seeing eye dog.
  — cleveland, 26 Oct. 2020
• If taken for long periods, these drops may increase the risk of cataracts and glaucoma.
  — Amanda MacMillan, Time, 30 June 2017
• Stanley Mallinger, the son of 97-year-old victim Rose Mallinger, said his mother used a walker in her home and had glaucoma and arthritis in her hands.
  — Sabrina Souza, CNN, 26 June 2023
• And presiding over it all was Mr. Cannon, who had lost his eyesight to glaucoma in 1989.
  — Colin Moynihan, New York Times, 16 July 2019
• Keillor has survived heart surgery, a minor stroke and seizures, and recently had surgery on his left eye for cataracts and glaucoma.
  — Jeff Baenen, idahostatesman, 4 Aug. 2017
• A recent study found that those who ate the most greens were 21 percent less likely to develop glaucoma.
  — Candy Sagon, charlotteobserver, 9 June 2017
• Kaylee, 3, arrived at the shelter with glaucoma and painful inflammation in both of her eyes.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024
• In as many as 20% of cases, the virus can travel up the optic nerve and enter the eye, causing severe eye pain, glaucoma or vision loss.
  — Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
• TikTok users claim that using castor oil on your eyes can help improve vision and get rid of eye floaters and glaucoma.
  — Korin Miller, Health, 22 June 2023
• Other kinds of polypills are made to treat HIV, glaucoma and other diseases.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 11 Oct. 2022
• And while glaucoma isn’t tied to aging, your risk does increase after age 40, says Dr. Parker.
  — Meghan Rabbitt, Good Housekeeping, 14 Oct. 2021
• When Jacosta feels faint, Claire and Flora take her outside to a gazebo, where Claire gives her some medicine for her glaucoma.
  — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2022
• Pagan, who lost her right eye to glaucoma, said the best part of having electricity is no longer bumping into things in the dark.
  — CBS News, 7 Feb. 2018
• Knecht was born with Spina bifida and uses a wheelchair to get around, and Hahn lost his eyesight due to glaucoma five years ago, the outlet reports.
  — Helen Murphy, PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2019
• At the same time, advanced glaucoma needs more attention.
  — Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 11 May 2024
• One of the worst accidents Solá-Del Valle can recall involved a patient who had already lost one eye to glaucoma—and, after a fireworks mishap, lost the other.
  — Angela Haupt, TIME, 27 June 2024
• If someone has multiple medical problems — say, heart disease, diabetes, and glaucoma — interactions with the health care system multiply.
  — Judith Graham, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024