New: Glaucoma Common Sense Dictionary (medical)
Glaucoma Common Sense Dictionary 1.0 Category: Medical Price: Free ( iTunes ) Description: “A Must-Have Reference for the Glaucoma Patients and Their Families” Provided by the Glaucoma Center, HanGil Eye Hospital, Incheon, Korea ? Excellence Handheld Glaucoma Guidebook?? Comprehensive understanding of glaucoma ? The better you know about glaucoma, the better you care of your disease! Everyone knows someone with glaucoma – the leading cause of preventable blindness. It is estimated that 67 million people worldwide have glaucoma, including more than 3 million people in the United States. In more than 9 out of 10 cases, blindness from glaucoma could have been prevented by early detection and proper treatment. The Glaucoma Common Sense Dictionary was designed as an easy-to-read handheld guidebook for the patients and their families to widen the knowledge of glaucoma for better care of their disease. The current version consists of 22 articles including: – Glaucoma symptoms – Classifications: open-angle vs closed-angle glaucoma, high-tension vs normal-tension glaucoma, infantile vs juvenile vs adult glaucoma, primary vs secondary glaucoma – Pathogenesis – Risk factors – Heredity – Diagnostic testings and its specified descriptions: visual field analyzer, optic nerve photography, computerized devices (OCT, HRT), and more. – Treatment options: medication, laser, and surgery – Perioperative management of glaucoma surgery – Recommended lifestyle for glaucoma patients – Source for updated glaucoma knowledge * The Glaucoma Common Sense Dictionary is written in Korean. ?** This app is compatible with all iPhones or iPod Touch OS 3.0, just make sure you have the most up-to-date Operating System Version
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New: Glaucoma Common Sense Dictionary (medical)