Blind Painful Eye with glaucoma

 

 

Submitted by Elisajae on Mon, 12/02/2019 - 14:29
Country
Jamaica
Age
18
Gender
Female
Did you perform any surgery for the eyes?
No
Do you suffer from pre-existing illnesses in the eye?

Glaucoma

Do you suffer from any diseases in the body?

Type 1 diabetes

Do you use any eye drops?

Vigamox

Timoptic

Nevanac

Allergan

Do you use any eye drops?
Yes

Question

 

 

Hi,

I have glaucoma in my left eye and even lost sight in the left eye. It's painful. My eye pressure is high.

What Should I do?

Thanks

 

Answer

Thanks for your Question

You didn't mention what is the cause of glaucoma. Is it open angle glaucoma or neovascular glaucoma because the treatment off both are different. But in general you should use full anti glaucoma to reduce the intraocular pressure as much as possible. Laser such as diode laser can be added to further reduce the pressure.

Neovascular glaucoma might required retina laser photocoagulation with anti-VEGF injection in addition to eye drops for glaucoma.

Sometimes retrobulbar alcohol or chlorpromazine injection can help to reduce intraocular pressure and also to reduce pain.

You should discuss those options with your eye doctor.

 

 

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