We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Back to Healio An acute angle-closure glaucoma attack is ...

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 ...

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 ...

FLORENCE, Italy — General anesthesia can be the triggering factor for acute angle closure glaucoma if patients are predisposed to the condition, according to a case report. Drahomira Varcholova, MD, ...

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, ...

Glaucoma is when the optic nerve in the eye becomes damaged. The different stages of narrow angle glaucoma relate to the extent of the damage to the optic nerve and the level of pressure in the eye.