Alzheimer’s and Glaucoma

In the March 2024 edition of the journal Ophthalmology, Dr. Casey Crump and colleagues published a study that found that patients with glaucoma were at increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia.

This means that patients with glaucoma may need specific monitoring for development of dementia, especially given that some dementia treatments work better when given earlier in the course of disease.