A patient presents in the emergency room complaining of severe pain in his eye, and is seeing halos around lights and feeling nauseous. You suspect that he may be experiencing:
1. open-angle glaucoma.
2. angle-closure glaucoma.
3. cataracts.
4. retinal detachment.
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Sudden onset of acute eye pain with nausea and vomiting and halos around lights are all symptoms of angle-closure glaucoma. The acute pain is caused by sudden blockage of the fluid channels in the eye.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: 1179
OBJ: 5 TOP: Glaucoma KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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