The top Healio glaucoma-related items this year covered the association between acute angle-closure glaucoma and certain medications, as well as a discussion about a needed paradigm shift in the ...

A total of 13,531 patients treated for acute angle-closure (AAC) glaucoma between 2013 and 2019 were identified, and all medications used 1 to 180 days before the onset of AAC were extracted.

Acute angle-closure glaucoma, on the other hand, causes sudden symptoms, including severe eye pain, eye redness, decreased or blurred vision, seeing rainbows or halos, headache, nausea and ...

Acute angle-closure glaucoma occurs when the fluid flow is suddenly blocked, causing an immediate backup in the eye and a quick rise in pressure. Congenital glaucoma is a type that affects babies ...

For acute angle-closure glaucoma—the sudden-onset form causing severe symptoms—emergency treatment involves medications to rapidly lower pressure followed by laser or surgical intervention to ...

The researchers found that, compared with fellow eyes, APAC eyes had significantly greater damage in structural and functional terms (both P < 0.001). In APAC and fellow eyes, the mean intraocular ...

3. Redness in the eye Persistent redness in the eye, especially when accompanied by pain or nausea, could be a sign of acute angle-closure glaucoma, which is a medical emergency.

Concurrent acute angle-closure glaucoma, choroidal detachment and exudative retinal detachment in a patient with spontaneous carotid cavernous fistula. Ophthalmologica 1995; 209:220–2.

Purpose To detect differences in retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) measurements between patients with acute angle-closure glaucoma (AACG) and normal subjects using scanning laser polarimetry ...

Acute angle-closure glaucoma, which occurs suddenly as opposed to the gradual chronic angle-closure glaucoma, is one of several types of glaucoma, a set of eye disorders damaging the optic nerve.

ROACH: My eye doctor told me I’m in danger of an “acute attack” of narrow angle glaucoma and that I need iridotomy in both eyes right away. He also said this may be related to my headaches.

Anticholinergic drugs, such as certain cold and flu medicines, can cause acute angle closure glaucoma . This causes the pupils to dilate, trapping fluid between the iris and cornea.