Acute glaucoma
Clinical findings
The acute loss of vision, eye pain, headache, nausea and vomiting
are the most characteristic manifestations of this serious condition.
This disease usually affects middle aged women, especially when
they experience severe emotional stress. Because of the clinical
manifestations, the patient and doctor often assume it's a bowel
or brain disease or disfunction, which makes it too late to consult
an eye surgeon in some cases. This type of glaucoma usually affects
the Asians, Afro-Americans and Eskimos. In the Caucassians, acute
glaucoma is relatively rare compared with the above races.
Therapy
The best way to cure the disease is surgery. If the condition
is not so serious, laser therapy will be used and in severe cases
more detailed surgery may be required.