You are leading a study group session and your section is the discussion of glaucoma
a. What are the four types of glaucoma?
b. What is the most common form of glaucoma?
c. What is the least common form?
d. What about the other two forms?
e. What is the difference between open-angle and angle-closure glaucoma?
Students' answers should include the following:
a. The four types of glaucoma are open angle, angle closure, congenital, and secondary.
b. Open angle is the most common form; slow onset
c. Angle closure is less common; sudden onset needing immediate treatment
d. Congenital is seen early in life and familial in origin.
Secondary is caused by ocular trauma, medications such as steroids, systemic disease, or ophthalmic infections.
Secondary is primary in adults aged 40 years and older with family history.
e. Open angle may be painless, with slow visual changes and ocular damage already done when discovered.
Angle closure is emergent; delay may result in total or partial loss of vision.
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