Most people with open angle glaucoma don’t have symptoms to develop, it’s usually late in the
disease symptoms of angle closure glaucoma usually come on faster
Glaucoma
Risk factors
Having high intra ocular pressure
Being black, Asian
Having family history of glaucoma
Having thin cornea
Being over age 40
Prolonged use of corticosteroids
Eye injury
Types of glaucoma
Open angle glaucoma
The most common type of glaucoma
Closed angle glaucoma
A less common and more urgent form of glaucoma
Symptoms
Seeing halos around the lights
Vision loss
Redness in eyes
Vomiting
Eye pain
Investigations
Tonometry
Central corneal thickness
Documentation of optic disc changes
Slit lamp examination of anterior segment
Perimetry to detect the visual field loss
OCT- RNFL
Treatment
Medication (Eye drops & oral tablets)
Surgery
Laser trabeculoplasty
Stimulates the trabecular meshwork to function more efficiency
Laser iridotomy
Creates a small hole in the iris to improve flow of aqueous humor in to drainage angle
Trabeculectomy
Creates new drainage channel for the eye