![Image of Shannon Davis and his family](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-04/If%20Only%E2%80%A6Reflections%20of%20a%20Patient%20with%20Advanced%20Glaucoma%20740x444px.jpg)
To Mr Davis, who at the time knew nothing about glaucoma and was completely asymptomatic, the next few moments were impossible to wrap his mind around...
![Close up digitised image of treated ganglion cells](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-04/Recharging%20Glaucoma%20Research%20740x444px.jpg)
Scientists are examining key elements of the complex transport system that moves important molecules between the retina and the brain via the optic nerve…
![Image of a doctor showing a male patient a tablet device](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-04/Preparing%20for%20you%20appointment%20740x444px.jpg)
Glaucoma is a lifelong condition, so you need to be comfortable with everyone in your support network and feel confident about the decisions made regarding your eye health...
![Image of clear one use eye drop doses on a yellow background](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-04/Tailoring%20treatment%20for%20compliance%20success%20740x444px.jpg)
There are multiple barriers to compliance, with one study finding 71 different barriers. These barriers may be divided into regimen factors, i.e., the cost, complexity, availability and side effects...
![Image of an alarm clock and a woman in background lying in bed switching it off](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-04/Sleep%20apnoea%20a%20risk%20factor%20for%20glaucoma%20740x444px.jpg)
The question of whether sleep apnoea is a risk factor for glaucoma was recently debated in a session at the 2021 World Glaucoma Congress...
![Image of Alek](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-04/Alek%27s%20Story%20740x444px%20.jpg)
I was around 17 years old when I noticed my vision was getting clouded in the right eye, but this was for only short periods and regularly cleared up, so I didn’t make much of it at the time...
![Image of Eleanor](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-04/Eleanor%20Story%20740x444px.jpg)
Whilst on holiday to Cairns in 1995, and trying to play tennis with my children, we noticed that I quite often could not see the ball to hit it back. I then noticed that I also had a problem with steps...
![Image of child's hand resting on an adult's reached out hand](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-04/Study%20Confirms%20Pressure%20on%20Childhood%20Glaucoma%20Parents%20740x444px.jpg)
Despite increasingly advanced treatments and early intervention, parents and carers, some of whom have been diagnosed with genetic glaucoma themselves, face significant long-term challenges...
![Image of double helix](https://glaucoma.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-03/The%20Future%20of%20Glaucoma%20Detection%20and%20Monitoring%20Part%202%20740x444px.jpg)
Dr Georgie Hollitt is part of a team of Australian researchers who have identified 107 genes that increase the risk of glaucoma...