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Natural remedies for glaucoma

My mother has been diagnosed with open-angle glaucoma, and I’d like to know if there are any natural treatments that can help. Are there any particular supplements she should be taking for example?

T.R., via email

Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide, and some 5.7 million people have some form of visual impairment because of it. It’s actually a group of conditions that result in damage to the optic nerve and progressive vision loss, but the most common type is open-angle glaucoma, the type your mother has, which tends to develop slowly over time. Changes in the aging eye lead to less effective drainage of the aqueous humor

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