She was told it wasn’t emergent, but days later, a specialist diagnosed her with acute angle closure glaucoma Breanna’s vision has returned, but her story, and viral TikTok, have sparked wider ...

If you have open-angle glaucoma, then plain antihistamines should be no trouble, but people with angle-closure glaucoma are at a higher risk and should avoid all medicines with glaucoma warnings ...

Angle-Closure Glaucoma This occurs when the iris bulges forward, narrowing or blocking the drainage angle between the cornea and iris. When this drainage angle becomes completely blocked, eye pressure ...

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 ...

Keywords: acute primary angle-closure glaucoma, phacoemulsification, ocular hypertension, corneal endothelial cell loss, endothelial cell density Citation: Shen J, Liu X, Lin M, Shao Y, Niu G, Qu S, ...

Severe visual field loss in primary angle closure glaucoma is more common in men and those who developed the disease at an earlier age.

In extreme cases, stress can trigger acute angle-closure glaucoma, which requires immediate treatment. Stress and dry eye disease If you have dry eyes, stress can make your symptoms worse.

Purpose To report the 2-year effective and safety profile of integrated phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation (PEI), goniosynechialysis (GSL) and 120° goniotomy (GT) in advanced ...

Closed-angle glaucoma With glaucoma, ocular fluid can’t drain as it should, and the pressure from that build-up in the eye damages the optic nerve, leading to partial vision loss or blindness. This ...

Common causes include corneal abrasions, conjunctivitis, uveitis, and acute angle-closure glaucoma. The increasing number of patients seeking medical attention for eye pain has led to greater ...

Malignant glaucoma has been reported perioperatively in 0.4% to 6% of incisional surgery cases for primary angle-closure glaucoma, according to Shahid and Salmon.

In the case study, a 63-year-old patient presented with severe acute pain in the right eye, which was diagnosed as a pupillary block leading to acute angle closure glaucoma.