This may explain why glaucoma is six times more common in blacks than in whites and why blindness caused by glaucoma is 16 times more likely in this minority group than among whites.
Researchers said the excess oxygen appears to damage the eye’s drainage system, elevating pressure and eventually causing blindness.
Read the release by Washington University School of Medicine on glaucoma.
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