Glaucoma...lowering my risk?

My Dad has just been diagnosed with glaucoma so myself and my sister are now more at risk because of family history. Obviously we will get regular eye tests, but is there anything else we can do to lower our chances of developing the disease?

Thank you

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Regular, complete, dilated eye exams are your best bet. They should include visual field exams, and optic nervehead exams.
20 years as an ophthalmic technician
I have glaucoma, but none of my family did that I know of. I'm not sure that you can do anything to prevent it. Just keep generally healthy is probably as good as you can do. I use daily eye drops which keep the pressure down and don't have any problems, it is something which can be kept under control as long as the Doc knows about it.
i have extremely horridious eye site. one way you can prevent it is by not bein' seated closly 2 a television. about 4 feet away sould be most signficant.
my mother and eye-doctor