Dr. med. Ronald D. Gerste
Living with Glaucoma
Glaucoma: Detect in time – treat well
Glaucoma is the most frequent cause for blindfold. But the disease can be treated well if detected in time. Besides the conventional actions of the reduction of intraocular pressure there is a new therapy option available: the minimal invasiv glaucoma surgery. Dr. med. Ronald D. Gerste, expert for glaucoma, give in his guide an overview of the modern therapy opportunities as well as old known but also newly identified risk factors. He portraits the eye disease, explains the diagnose procedure as well as why a holistic approache is reasonable for the treatment. In a compact form, he shows how to get "glaucoma" under control without damaging the ability to see.
From the content of this book:
- How the eye gets sick
- The anatomy of the eye
- Risk factors
- Early detection and diagnosis
- The form of glaucoma
- Medical treatment
- Minimal invasive glaucoma surgery
- Conventional glaucoma surgery
- Quality of life despite galucoma
- After a glaucoma surgery
ISBN: 978-3-8426-3121-2
Dr. med. Dr. phil. Ronald D. Gerste is a specialist for ophthalmology and a guide book author. He leads together with other glaucoma experts the german glaucoma early detection campain. Regularly he holds an event for patients where he works close together with the federal association glaucoma-self help e. V. . He also works for the ?Deutsche Ärzteblatt? and the magazine ?Zeitschrift für pPraktische Augenheilkunde?. He has a PhD in history and writes u.a. for ?Die Zeit?, ?Damals? and the ?FAZ? about american history and the history of the UK. His successful books are ?Wie krankheiten Geschite macht? and ?Die Heilung der Welt?.
Released: 2022
136 pages
ISBN: 978-3-8426-3121-2
