In some people, these drugs can cause an emergency condition called angle-closure glaucoma, which occurs when the pressure inside the eye increases rapidly.

In whites, angle-closure glaucoma is 3 times higher in women than in men.

In angle-closure glaucoma, the fluid at the front of the eye cannot reach the angle and leave the eye.

Angle-closure glaucoma among American Indians is lower than among whites.

If extensive retinal detachment occurs, secondary angle-closure glaucoma occasionally develops.

Angle-closure glaucoma is a medical emergency.

In Asia, angle-closure glaucoma is more common than open-angle glaucoma.

As people age, the lens of the eye enlarges and pushes the iris forward, thus increasing the risk for angle-closure glaucoma.

In the United States, fewer than 10% of glaucoma cases are due to angle-closure glaucoma.

In patients with narrow angles, pupillary dilation can provoke an attack of angle-closure glaucoma.

If you have angle-closure glaucoma, you will receive:

Tropicamide may, in very rare cases [1], cause an attack of acute angle-closure glaucoma.

Surgery can open a closed drain in angle-closure glaucoma and is sometimes used to unclog the drain pipes.

Angle-closure glaucoma.

With acute angle-closure glaucoma, the pupil is generally fixed in mid-position, oval, and responds sluggishly to light, if at all.

Also, effects such as skin flushing, tachycardia, acute angle-closure glaucoma, nausea, palpitations and headache have been observed.

Pilocarpine has been used in the treatment of chronic open-angle glaucoma and acute angle-closure glaucoma for over 100 years.

Performed either with standard surgical instruments or a laser, it is typically used to decrease intraocular pressure in patients with angle-closure glaucoma.

Certain races (eg, Asians, Eskimos) have narrow angles and, thus, are more likely to develop angle-closure glaucoma than whites.

Since glaucomflecken is associated with acute angle-closure glaucoma, sign for the latter can be present such as shallow anterior chamber, closed angle, hypermetropia etc.

Acute angle-closure glaucoma is caused by a rapid or sudden increase in pressure inside the eye, called intraocular pressure (IOP).

Pentoxyverine is contraindicated in persons with bronchial asthma or other kinds of respiratory insufficiency (breathing difficulties), as well as angle-closure glaucoma.

If the angle closes intermittently or gradually, angle-closure glaucoma may be confused with chronic open-angle glaucoma, another type of glaucoma.

You should not receive this medication if you have ever had a severe allergic reaction to cyclopentolate ophthalmic, or if you have angle-closure glaucoma.

People who are farsighted (called hyperopia) are at an increased risk for acute angle-closure glaucoma because their anterior chambers are shallow and their angles are narrow.