Sunday, July 22, 2007

From Glaucoma Research Foundation: Explanation of Primary Open Angle Glaucoma

My ophthalmologist has always described my glaucoma as chronic open-angle, but this piece from the Glaucoma Research Foundation seems to describe the same thing, but calls it Primary Open Angle.

Fluid in the eye, according to the piece, can't drain out because of clogs in the drainage canals. It's free to come in, but can't go out. Consequently, the pressure rises.

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