article_snippet.sent: (CNN)Roseanne Barr revealed earlier this week that Barr is going blind.
article_snippet.sent: In an interview with The Daily Beast, the 62-year-old comic talked about Barr struggle with macular degeneration and glaucoma — two eye diseases that get progressively worse over time and can steal vision.
article_snippet.sent: Barr's doctors haven't provided a timeline, but Barr symptoms are worsening: "My vision is closing in now," Barr said.
article_snippet.sent: (Barr said in an interview with The Daily Beast that Barr helps relieve the pressure by using marijuana, which is known to temporarily lower pressure inside the eye.)
article_snippet.sent: It's somewhat unusual that Roseanne Bar has both, but not unheard of," explains ophthalmologist Steven A. Shanbom, MD, of Shanbom Eye Specialists in Berkley,
article_snippet.sent: Macular degeneration takes away Barr central vision, and glaucoma is taking away Barr peripheral vision," Dr. Shanbom adds.
highlights_snippet.sent: Barr has macular degeneration and glaucoma, eye diseases that get progressively worse and can steal vision .
  