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How common is acute angle glaucoma?
Acute angle glaucoma occurs in one in 1,000 individuals
A drug called pilocarpine is prescribed by ophthalmologists to be dropped in the eye to control what condition?
Acute angle closure glaucoma.
What is caused the accumulation of aqueous humor in the eyes?
You get what is called as glaucoma. You have acute and chronic glaucoma.
What are the two types of glaucoma?
Chronic Glaucoma refers to open-angle glaucoma, where the increase in eye pressure happens slowly over time without obvious symptoms initially. Acute Glaucoma refers to angle-closure glaucoma, which occurs suddenly with severe symptoms like pain, redness, and blurred vision, requiring urgent medical attention.
What was Mr Cruz's probable condition?
glaucoma
Can you fly with acute glaucoma?
I wouldnt if I were you. Being a doctor, I know that your heart would explode
What are signs of glaucoma?
Glaucoma can be acute or chronic and both have high intraocular pressure which is higher in acute than chronic. Chronic glaucoma is the most common type and the patient will not feel any thing until the disease is advanced with constriction in the peripheral visual field that increase gradually till the patient only see through the center of his vision. The acute type which is due to angle closure glaucoma comes with red eye, increase tearing, photophobia or light sensitivity, severe pain that radiate to the head causing headache, nausea, vomiting, blurring of vision due to corneal edema. Acute glaucoma is a medical emergency that should be treated as soon as possible.
What are alternatives to trabeculectomy?
Lasers are now used to treat both closed-angle and open-angle glaucoma. Peripheral iridectomy is used for people with acute angle-closure glaucoma attacks and chronic closed-angle glaucoma
A condition of deafness that may result from otosclerosis?
glaucoma
What is the condition caused by impaired drainage of aqueous humor?
This is glaucoma.
Is fibromyalgia an acute condition?
Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition.
Where can you find out if they have glaucoma?
Glaucoma is usually detected by an optometrist and testing for this condition is part of the routine eye test. Glaucoma develops slowly so it is important that eyes are tested every two years.
