Suggest Treatment For Vision Loss Due To Glaucoma

Posted on Sat, 21 Jun 2014

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Question :
Glaucoma has damaged the optic nerve to the extent that my wife's vision is severely impaired. Is there such a thing as an optic nerve implant ? and would that have the possibility of restoring some vision? Thank you, XXXXXXX K Goodman

Answered by Dr. Monish De (16 hours later)

Brief Answer:
transorbital alternating current stimulation

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXXXXX
It had long been thought that damage to the optic nerves lead to permanent impairments in everyday activities such as reading, driving, and spatial orientation. But a new method treating such patients with low levels of non-invasive, repetitive, transorbital alternating current stimulation (rtACS) for 10 days (30-40 min per day) significantly reduces visual impairment and markedly improves vision related quality of life.
Hope i have answered your query
Regards
DR De

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj