In The USA Scientists Have Found The New Causes Of Glaucoma

In The USA Scientists Have Found The New Causes Of Glaucoma.
Glucosamine supplements that millions of Americans grab to relieve treat informed and knee osteoarthritis may have an unexpected side effect: They may increase risk for developing glaucoma, a tight-fisted new study of older adults suggests in May 2013. Glaucoma occurs when there is an expand of intraocular pressure (IOP) or pressure inside the eye. Left untreated, glaucoma is one of the unrivalled causes of blindness.

In the new study of 17 people, whose average age was 76 years, 11 participants had their lustfulness pressure measured before, during and after taking glucosamine supplements. The other six had their percipience pressure measured while and after they took the supplements. Overall, pressure inside the perspicacity was higher when participants were taking glucosamine, but did return to normal after they stopped taking these supplements, the study showed.

So "This swotting shows a reversible effect of these changes, which is reassuring," wrote researchers led by Dr Ryan Murphy at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford, Maine. "However, the feasibility that perennial damage can result from prolonged use of glucosamine supplementation is not eliminated. Monitoring IOP in patients choosing to codicil with glucosamine may be indicated".

Exactly how glucosamine supplements could affect squeezing inside the eye is not fully understood, but several theories exist. For example, glucosamine is a vanguard for molecules called glycosaminoglycans, which may elevate eye pressure. The findings are published online May 23 as a experiment with letter in JAMA Ophthalmology.