Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An acute angle-closure glaucoma attack is one of the few true ophthalmic emergencies. Presenting symptoms ...

A retrospective study found that 26% of eyes with acute primary angle closure (APAC) were resolved after initial medical treatment. A study published in the Journal of Ophthalmology found that 26% of ...

The use of bisphosphonates, particularly risedronate, in patients with osteoporosis is linked to a higher risk for acute angle closure but not open-angle glaucoma. Researchers conducted a ...

A 44-year-old woman presented to an outside ophthalmology clinic with significant nausea, blurry vision in the right eye and ...

In some patients, the "angle" formed by the iris and cornea is narrow and can become occluded, thus reducing the aqueous outflow and dramatically increasing the intraocular pressure in the eye. An ...

Christie Brinkley went in for a routine eye exam and ended up discovering that she has a type of glaucoma — one that required surgery to treat. "I just discovered that I have something called Acute ...

Christie Brinkley was diagnosed with acute angle-closure glaucoma during her yearly physical. “They can fix it by, brace yourselves, drilling a hole through your eye,” the supermodel wrote on ...

Subsequent visits showed much improvement with IOP reaching a baseline low of 15mmHg in both eyes. Prednisone dose was tapered slowly to 5mg (this dose was maintained for the duration of the pregnancy ...

The supermodel said the procedure, to fix her case of acute angle closure glaucoma, is "not as gruesome as it sounds" Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, covering everything from ...

Bridgehampton supermodel Christie Brinkley says she recently had emergency eye surgery to correct a sudden onset of glaucoma. "[I] want you to read this, so you will always be able to!" Brinkley, 67, ...