Glaucoma is not a single disease but a family of disorders with the common endpoint of glaucomatous optic neuropathy and associated visual field loss. In order to determine the appropriate form of therapy for each patient, it is important to correctly identify the pathophysiological process and reverse or arrest this pathway where possible.
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Symptomatic, acute primary angle closure (PAC) is an ophthalmic emergency. The need for urgent treatment is twofold. Firstly, people with symptomatic PAC are in pain and have disturbed vision. Secondly, they almost invariably have a much higher intraocular pressure (IOP) than occurs with primary open-angle glaucoma. It is likely that this confers a greater risk of damage to vision. The relationship between IOP and damage to vision is probably non-linear. Therefore people with symptomatic PAC are probably at a disproportionately higher risk of damage to vision.
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