Acute angle-closure glaucoma is a rare yet serious condition that can cause permanent vision loss if a person does not get treatment. Learn more about the symptoms and treatments here.

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Did you know that certain medications can cause symptom of 'Acute angle-closure glaucoma'. Find these drugs listed on the page and be warned of similar symptoms as possible side-effects.

Acute angle-closure glaucoma, also simply called acute glaucoma, is a disease in which there are sudden increases in the pressure in the eye – intraocular pressure – usually on one side only, with ...

Primary angle closure (PAC) is characterized by narrow angles with eitherperipheral anterior synechiae or elevated IOP. Primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) is distinguished by narrow angles with ...

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 ...

The analysis for acute angle closure included 372 patients with the diagnosis and 1488 patients in the control group (mean age, 70.4 years; mean follow-up, 2.9 years), and the analysis for open ...

Anyone can get acute angle-closure glaucoma, the AAO says, but women are two to four times more likely than men to develop the condition. It’s also most common in people between 55 to 65 years old.

March 21, 2011 (San Antonio, Texas) — Recent use of antidepressants may be linked to the development of acute angle closure glaucoma (AACG) in adults over age 66, new research suggests.

Acute angle closure glaucoma caused by anterior subluxated lens is rare. To the best of our knowledge, there are only few reports of the anterior chamber angle closed by subluxation of the lens.

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 first step in treating acute angle-closure glaucoma is to lower the intraocular pressure and to constrict the pupil. Acetazolamide (and sometimes other medication) is given to reduce the rate of ...