Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma

Acute angle-closure glaucoma is a serious eye condition that occurs when the fluid pressure inside your eye rises quickly. The usual symptoms are sudden, severe eye pain, a red-eye and reduced or blurred vision. You may feel sick or be sick (vomit).
Acute angle-closure glaucoma is an ophthalmic emergency as it can lead to irreversible blindness if not identified and treated immediately.
Symptoms

Eye pain

  • In one eye

  • Sudden

common

Headache

  • Rapidly developing

  • Severe

  • On one side of the head

  • In the temporal region

common

Feeling agitated

common

Blurred vision

or Halos around lights

common

Red eye

  • In one eye

common

Throwing up

common

Feel like vomiting

common

Flow of tears

Abdominal pain

  • Chronic or persistent pain

  • Nonspecific, non-focal

Risk factors

History of acute angle closure glaucoma

or Family history of acute angle closure glaucoma

or Dark room

or Use of dilating eye drops

or Farsightedness

or Use of antihistamines

Treatment
The treatment of acute angle-closure glaucoma (AACG) consists of Intraocular Pressure (IOP) reduction, suppression of inflammation, and the reversal of angle closure.
Recommended specialist

If you have Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma, then a visit to an ophthalmologist is recommended.

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