What is glaucoma?

I might have glaucoma, what should I do?

• Today, I just went to my regular eye doctor and they looked at my eyes and she says that I might have glaucoma. Although, she is not positive, because she says that the nerves at the back of my eyes are larger than normal. And she means 2 different things as I ask her further questions, she says that for some people have large nerves at the back of the eyes are normal, but for some people it isn't. So the isn't normal part, might be glaucoma. Then, she says that it doesn't mean that I have it, but she wants me to go to an eye specialist just to make sure. And before she told me that I might have glaucoma, she asked if I was familiar with it or if anyone in my family has glaucoma. So she told me to ask my mom and I did, but my mom didn't know anyone in her family that has glaucoma. But my mom doesn't speak English, so she of course might not be familiar with "glaucoma". Although, she knows some French and in our language diseases usually has the same name as they do in English and she says that she no one in her family has glaucoma. And I think that before she told me that I might have glaucoma, she ask my mom if anyone in our family are blind and she says "no". Than, after everything was done, she told me that I might have glaucoma. And then I translated to my mom that I might be blind, so I asked her a few times if anyone in her family is or are blind and she says no. Than, when we get into the car, I ask her again and she says "no" and than I ask maybe someone in dad's side might be blind and she says "no" again. So I am just so so so so so so so so so... scared that I might have glaucoma. Do you think that I should trust my mom of her saying that no one in both side of my family has been blind? Do you think that she says it so that I won't be scared? Because my mom says that she don't think that I have glaucoma, so don't be scared. And if I do have glaucoma, what should I do? I am crying as I am typing this out and has been crying a few times since I knew that I might have glaucoma. And I did some research that East Asians has higher chances of getting glaucoma than Caucasians and my great grandfather from my mom side was full Chinese. And I look 100% East Asians. Although, I am mixed with Cambodian and Vietnamese. And I do think that I am more Cambodian and Vietnamese than Chinese, but somehow I look East Asian. I asked my eye doctor and she says that there is "no cure" for glaucoma to permanently disappear, so do you think that they will ever find a cure for glaucoma? I am only a 13 years old girl and I don't want to be blind in the next years or so. And none of my biological siblings(same mom, same dad) has glaucoma or are blind. And so far, none of my alive relatives as far as I know are blind.

• Answer:

  My mother has glaucoma, no one else in family has, treatment is very successful, have to watch out for side affects of meds though. Don't cry you wont go blind, u will be ok.