Sometimes this response is most pronounced when one drinks a glass of whole milk just before bedtime to treat heartburn and induce sleep, as ritual and old wives' tales have suggested. Whole milk and dairy products may worsen acid reflux of GERD because of the fat contained in those food products.
Glaucoma is a condition that causes damage to your eye's optic nerve and gets worse over time. It's often linked to a buildup of pressure inside your eye. Glaucoma tends to be inherited and may not show up until later in life.
1 Like POAG, normal-tension glaucoma (also called normal-pressure glaucoma, low-tension glaucoma or low-pressure glaucoma) is a type of open-angle glaucoma that can cause visual field loss due to optic nerve damage. 2  But in normal-tension glaucoma, the eye's IOP remains in the normal range. The cause of normal-tension glaucoma is not known. 2  But many doctors believe it is related to poor blood flow to the optic nerve. 3  Normal-tension glaucoma is more common in those who are Japanese, are female and/or have a history of vascular disease.