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Glaucoma
     
Glaucoma is a condition associated with a loss of vision and damage to the optic nerve, which carries visual messages to the brain.

Increased pressure in the fluid system of the eye is thought to gradually damage the optic nerve, which results in a slow, steady loss of vision.