the treatment of glaucoma

The treatment of glaucoma is:1, angle-closure glaucoma: angle-closure glaucoma will face the possibility of acute attacks. If the acute attack, the primary task is to reduce intraocular pressure, the maximum function of protection of visual function, so that vision is restored. If the intraocular pressure can not be reduced very well in the short term, then prolonged high intraocular pressure will cause optic nerve atrophy, and irreversible optic nerve damage, will cause blindness. 2, open-angle glaucoma: Open angle glaucoma first choose drug treatment. Because open-angle glaucoma is due to posterior uveal evacuation, aqueous humor function decline, so drug treatment to reduce intraocular pressure and vasodilation based. Generally according to different types of glaucoma, and choose different treatment methods.