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Glaucomafor medical studentsa ten minute presentationphotos off the www & Good HopeDavid Kinshuck, Good Hope Hospital,www.goodhope.org.uk/departments/eyedept/
Glaucoma: what is happening
Either:the drain blocks here
Or poor blood supply here
Damages the optic nerve..looks ‘caved in’, called ‘cupped’
Characteristic pattern to loss of visual field
Rim of optic nerve becomes thinner as
disc caves in and becomes more cupped
Types of glaucoma
• Congenital• Secondary• Juvenile• Chronic open angle• Acute closed angle• Many different
types
Acute glaucoma
• Emergency• Can be more gradual• Red eye• Achy, abdominal pain• Misty vision• Go from light into dark• Small eye, shallow anterior
chamber, pupil mid dilated, • Iris lens contact• Push the iris forward• Eye feels hard
Chronic glaucoma
• Painless, common in elderly• Don’t notice anything wrong • detected by optometrist• Screening vital • field, pressure, disc