Acute angle closure glaucoma may be primary or secondary. In primary acute angle closure glaucoma, there is no underlying eye disease that is causing the condition. Secondary acute angle closure glaucoma occurs because of another eye disease or condition, trauma, drugs, or a chronic medical conditi...
Topiramate-induced Acute Angle-Closure Glaucoma PURPOSE: We describe 2 cases of bilateral acute angle-closure glaucoma associated with topiramate, a drug that has recently been prescribed for epilepsy or weight reduction. METHODS: A 51-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman, previously ... C Jeo...
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) ...
Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide after cataract and accounts for 10% of the world's blind. Although patients with acute angle closure glaucoma are symptomatic, those with other forms of glaucoma (at least in the early stages) usually do not experience many ...
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In the most common form of glaucoma, called primary open angle glaucoma, fluid circulates freely in the eye and the pressure tends to rise slowly over time. Gradual loss of vision is usually the only symptom.A less common form of the disease, called acute or angle closure glaucoma, ...
The two main types of glaucoma are open-angle glaucoma and angle-closure glaucoma. In angle-closure glaucoma, the normal drainage canals within the eye are physically blocked. Angle-closure glaucoma can be acute (sudden in onset) or chronic (lasting a long time), while open-angle glaucoma is...
An attack of acute angle-closure glaucoma may be associated with the following: Severe eyepainandheadache A red (inflamed) eye Nausea Vomiting Blurry vision In addition, the high intraocular pressure leads to corneal swelling (edema), which causes the patient to see haloes around lights. Sometimes...
An attack of acute angle-closure glaucoma may be associated with the following: Severe eyepainandheadache A red (inflamed) eye Nausea Vomiting Blurry vision In addition, the high intraocular pressure leads to corneal swelling (edema), which causes the patient to see haloes around lights. Sometimes...
We present a healthy 36-year-old male with no past medical who initial presentation of sarcoidosis was uveitis with acute angle closure glaucoma. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of sarcoidosis with this presentation.doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2018.08.028Hallas Olivia...