The use of contact lenses has gained much popularity over the past two decades. It is estimated that currently more than 130 million people worldwide use them frequently.
Glaucoma is not a single disease, but rather a group of diseases that result in damage to the optic nerve, responsible for bringing the visual stimuli captured by the eyes to the brain. With the optic nerve injured, the images taken by the eyes do not reach the brain and the result is blindness.