RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook glaucoma Thesaurus Medical Acronyms Encyclopedia Wikipedia glau·co·ma (glou-kō′mə, glô-) n. Any of a group of eye diseases characterized by abnormally high intraocular fluid pressure, damage to the optic...
Wear medical alert jewelry or carry a card that says you have glaucoma. Ask your healthcare provider where to get these items. When should I seek immediate care?You have a sudden loss of vision. You have blurry vision and a severe headache. You have severe eye pain or a change in your...
of laser trabeculoplasty over the past decade, with a subsequent decrease in invasive incisional surgery. In addition, a new class of glaucoma procedures, termed microinvasive glaucoma surgery, has emerged, which aims to fill the gap between conservative medical management and more invasive surgery...
A chalazion (also called a meibomian cyst, tarsal cyst, or conjunctival granuloma) is the inflammation of a small cystic gland in the eyelid. The gland opening becomes clogged and the gland swells. Chalazions are treated with warm compresses, though in rare cases they may require antibiotics. ...
Based on real medical data collected from one of the best eye hospitals in China, our research results show that the BDMSL model achieves better performance than other methods in terms of glaucoma detection. With the exploration of health informatics in terms of diagnosing glaucoma in China, the...
Medical treatments for glaucoma focus on lowering the patient’s IOP. Even though IOP isn’t a cause of glaucoma, itisthe risk factor that doctors can modify most successfully. In most cases, lowering IOP can slow or stop the progressive damage being done to the optic nerve. However, any ...
I. Balikova, in European Journal of Medical Genetics, 2022 1 Introduction Primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) is an infantile type of glaucoma, developing both pre- and postnatally, associated with the enlargement of the corneal (buphthalmos) and scleral diameter (myopia) through a more resilient...
The term maximal-tolerable medical therapy (MTMT) is often used to indicate the level of medical therapy above which there is likely to be no further benefit in terms of IOP-lowering, or above which the patient's ability to tolerate the regimen is likely to diminish because of increasing si...
Original Article Adherence to Topical Glaucoma Medications in Ethiopian Patients Lemlem Tamrat, Girum W. Gessesse1, Yeshigeta Gelaw1 ABSTRACT Purpose: Successful outcomes of medical treatment for glaucoma require proper and daily use of medication to prevent disease progression. The...
Symptoms ofangle-closureglaucoma usually come on faster and are more obvious. Damage can occur quickly. If you have any of these symptoms, get medical care right away: Seeing halos around lights Vision loss Redness in your eye Eye that looks hazy (particularly in infants) ...