A nursing student asks the nurse to discuss the differences between POAG and angle-closure glaucoma. Which statement by the nurse is correct?
a. "Angle-closure glaucoma may be asymp-tomatic until irreversible damage has oc-curred."
b. "Both types are more common in African American patients."
c. "Drug therapy is the definitive treatment for angle-closure glaucoma."
d. "Early treatment with prostaglandin ana-logs can stop the progression of POAG."
D
Prostaglandin analogs are first-line agents for treating POAG, and early treatment can stop the progression. Angle-closure glaucoma has a rapid onset of painful symptoms. POAG is more common in African Americans but angle-closure glaucoma is not. Surgery, not drugs, is the de-finitive treatment for angle-closure glaucoma.
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