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Hyperopia increases the chances of chronic glaucoma, but vision loss from glaucoma is preventable
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How does glaucoma work?
Glaucoma is usually associated with an increase in the pressure inside the eye. This increase occurs in front of the iris in a fluid called the aqueous humor.
What is Hyperopia also called?
The answer is hyperopia.
An increase in aqueous fluid pressure is a symptom of?
Glaucoma
What is the opposite of hyperopia?
Myopia (nearsightedness) is the opposite of hyperopia.
What can you do to prevent hyperopia?
You cannot prevent Hyperopia because it is genetic
Why atropine is contraindicated to glaucoma?
it increase amount of apposition between iris and lens
What is the scientific term of hyperopia?
Hyperopia is the scientific term. The common term is far-sightedness.
What is the purpose of tube-shunt surgery?
The major known cause of glaucoma is a relative increase in intraocular pressure, or IOP. The purpose of glaucoma treatment, whether medical or surgical, is to lower the IOP.
What is aquaous humor?
aqueous humour is a liquid in anterior chamber of eye,increase or decrease in its quantity causes glaucoma
What are the two types of glaucoma?
chronic glaucoma acute glaucoma
What is french word for hyperopia?
hypermétropie
What is the name for far- sighted?
Hyperopia
