Question: What are some risk factors for closed-angle glaucoma?
Answer: Closed-angle glaucoma occurs when the iris bows forward (typically from pupillary block and a pressure increase behind the iris). Risk factors include:
- Older age
- Family history of acute glaucoma
- Small eyes with crowded anterior segment (including far-sightedness)
- Use of medications that dilate the pupil
- A prior attack of angle-closure in the fellow eye
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i imagining it thanks
Comment by samar — April 25, 2011 @ 12:05 pm
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