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Glaucoma has a quiet way of changing a person’s life. It usually does not announce itself with pain, redness, or a sudden dramatic blur. Most people with early glaucoma can read, drive, work, and recognize faces without noticing anything unusual. That is exactly what makes it dangerous. By the time vision loss becomes obvious, the disease has often damaged the optic nerve enough that the lost sight cannot be restored. Routine glaucoma screening exists to catch that damag