CHRONIC ACUTE ANGLE CLOSURE GLAUCOMA

Clinical features:

Ø  Many patients with angle-closure maybe asymptomatic, including those with intermittently or chronically elevated IOP.

Ø  They may have intermittent milder symptoms of blurring (‘smoke-filled room’) unassociated with pain.

Pharmacological treatment:

1.       Timolol 0.5% or betaxolol0.5% eye drops twice a day usually required lifelong.

2.       Surgical treatment: Laser or surgical iridotomy is done to eliminate any element of pupillary block in affected as well as fellow eye.