Acute Close Angle Glaucoma, The Symptomatic Glaucoma
Hello guys,
How are you all doing? It is another beautiful day today and I do hope you had a wonderful weekend. This week marked the international awareness creation of glaucoma otherwise known as the silent thief of sight. For the past few days, I decided to talk about the
condition, and for those who have been following you may have gotten a thing or two from it.
Today I want to talk about the other type of glaucoma which we can't refer to as the silent thief of sight because it tends to give us symptoms unlike the other previously discussed and its mode of damage tends to be acute and faster than the other.
Introduction
Glaucoma as we may have already learned or discussed previously is a degenerative condition of the optic nerve where a rise in intraocular pressure pushes against the optic nerve and cause the death of the cells leading to loss of visual fields and ultimately vision.
In Acute closure angle glaucoma what happens is that the aqueous drainage system of the eye gets blocked or clogged such that the pressure builds up very quickly in the eye obstructing the homeostasis of the eye and its functionality.
This results in a series of symptoms that gives the patient a signal that something is wrong somewhere and help direct the optometrist to find out the cause of whatever the person may be experiencing.
This kind of glaucoma is quite uncommon when it comes to the African setting because we mostly have a wide-angle or open-angle. It is however quite common among individuals of Eastern descent. Other risk factors include aging, hyperopia, and heredity.
Signs and Symptoms of Closure Angle Glaucoma
The signs are the same when it comes to all types of glaucoma and these can only be observed with the needed equipment and can only be interpreted by the Optometrist or Ophthalmologist accordingly. The most common that may be noticed is changes on the optic disc where the disc may look paler than it ought to with vessels being pushed nasally as a result of the pressure.
The symptoms are however what is crucial to us this way should a dear reader tend to experience this they wouldn't hesitate to get the needed attention. At this juncture, I must add that Acute Closure angle glaucoma is considered an emergency situation in the line of eye care and as such, I would entreat you to take these symptoms seriously.
The symptoms include seeing haloes around light, severe ocular pain, headache, nausea which could sometimes be accompanied by vomiting, blurry vision, and an injected eye or red eye. Should you notice or experience all this within a short interval when any of them didn't previously exist and you tend to also be in the risk factors group then i would be critical that you rush to your nearest eye care facility.
Conclusion
Acute close angle glaucoma is an emergency case and as such should be treated accordingly. Your optometrist may give you Diamox in addition to some eye drops to help facilitate the quick drop in pressure and would warrant that you have a short review back to the clinic.
I do hope that you my dear reader learned a thing or two from our lesson today and that you would also be able to share and apply this knowledge to yourself and your friends helping to save their sight when need be.
Thanks for reading, please do reach out if you need further information or clarification. Stay safe and have a wonderful time.
Rerefences
Flores-Sánchez, B. C., & Tatham, A. J. (2019). Acute angle closure glaucoma. British journal of hospital medicine (London, England: 2005), 80(12), C174–C179. https://doi.org/10.12968/hmed.2019.80.12.C174
Nuessle, S., Luebke, J., Boehringer, D., Reinhard, T., & Anton, A. (2022). Akuter Winkelblock : Ein ophthalmologischer Notfall in der medizinischen Notaufnahme [Acute angle closure : An ophthalmological emergency in the emergency room]. Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin, 117(2), 137–143. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00063-021-00790-8
Nongpiur, M. E., & Aung, T. (2017). Mechanisms underlying acute angle closure. Clinical & experimental ophthalmology, 45(4), 331–332. https://doi.org/10.1111/ceo.12967
I can relate to what ever is been said. In my medical nursing course we are treating ocular conditions. If i can remember rightly, we learned that we have the aqueous humor and the virtuous humor and that the aqueous humor helps to nourish the lens and iris. It's being produced often by the ciliary body but with the Virtrous humor it remains the same with no change in amount. On top of that we learned that Acute close angle glaucoma can cause instant blindness that is why it is considered an emergency. Thank you so much sir i have learned something to top up what i am learning in school.
I am glad to see how well your eye lessons are going, do feel free to reach out if you need any help whatsoever, i am always available
That's great i will surely reach out when need help
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