Acute angle-closure glaucoma is a rare but serious type of glaucoma. This condition occurs when drainage canals in the eye become blocked. If a person does not get treatment, acute angle-closure ...

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A retrospective study found that 26% of eyes with acute primary angle closure (APAC) were resolved after initial medical treatment. A study published in the Journal of Ophthalmology found that 26% of ...

In some patients, the "angle" formed by the iris and cornea is narrow and can become occluded, thus reducing the aqueous outflow and dramatically increasing the intraocular pressure in the eye. An ...

Glaucoma is when the optic nerve in the eye becomes damaged. The different stages of narrow angle glaucoma relate to the extent of the damage to the optic nerve and the level of pressure in the eye.

Christie Brinkley went in for a routine eye exam and ended up discovering that she has a type of glaucoma — one that required surgery to treat. "I just discovered that I have something called Acute ...

Bridgehampton supermodel Christie Brinkley says she recently had emergency eye surgery to correct a sudden onset of glaucoma. "[I] want you to read this, so you will always be able to!" Brinkley, 67, ...

Christie Brinkley was diagnosed with acute angle-closure glaucoma during her yearly physical. “They can fix it by, brace yourselves, drilling a hole through your eye,” the supermodel wrote on ...

Traditional angle closure glaucoma management, including LPI, is being challenged due to limited evidence of efficacy in preventing visual field loss. The ZAP study suggests LPI's limited prophylactic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 73-year-old white woman was referred to the retina service at the New England Eye Center for consideration of ...