The most common factors that increase the risk of cataracts and glaucoma

The most common factors that increase the risk of cataracts:

• Older age (over 60 years)
• Diabetes (sugar disease)
• Frequent alcohol consumption
• High exposure to sunlight
• Radiation exposure radiation (X-radiation and radiation oncology therapy)
• Hypertension (High blood pressure)
• Obesity
• Previous eye injuries and inflammation of the internal structures of the eye
• Previous eye surgery
• Long-term use of drugs from the corticosteroid group
• Smoking

The most common factors that increase the risk of glaucoma:

• Increased eye pressure (over 21mmHg)
• Family history of glaucoma (20% higher chance if mother or father is sick, 50% higher chance if a brother or sister is sick)
• Older age (2% of the general population up to 49 years, and 20-30% of the population over 75)
• High myopia (high short-sightedness, i.e. high minus diopters)
• High hypermetropia (high far-sightedness, i.e. high plus diopters)
• Suspicious appearance of the optic nerve
• Thinner cornea (the most prominent eye structure)
• Systemic diseases (high blood pressure, diabetes, migraine, Crohn’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.)
• Previous eye surgeries
• Previous eye infarction or bleeding of any kind in the eye
• Long-term use of drugs from the corticosteroid group

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