causes of glaucoma
The aqueous humor is formed in the ciliary body, then flows past the iris into the anterior chamber and the chamber angle and trabecular meshwork in a circularly extending vein, Schlemm's canal.
If the chamber angle too closely, one speaks of a narrow-angle glaucoma (about 5% of all glaucoma), the disturbed flow in the trabecular meshwork (the most common form of glaucoma,> 90%) of primary open-angle glaucoma.
addition to the basic provision for the glaucoma (eye pressure measurement, optic disc), from which according to the guidelines of the German Ophthalmological Society 40. Age should be carried out regularly, we have today with HRT and RTA-art technologies for early detection and optimal follow-up of glaucoma available.
Anyone can get glaucoma. Special risk factors include age, glaucoma in the family, short-sightedness and circulatory problems.
Mirrored from Eye Center Old Town Munich .
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