Primary open angle glaucoma

Primary open-angle glaucoma (primary open angle glaucoma) also known as chronic simple glaucoma, Commonly known as slow single. Because elevation of intraocular pressure is the basic characteristic, which caused damage to the optic nerve and visual field defect eventually led to the chronic sexual blind eye disease. Open-angle glaucoma rooms, most wide-angle and narrow-angle for minorities. Even in the elevation of intraocular pressure, the angle is open, so it named after.
Open-angle glaucoma condition slow progress, and without obvious symptoms, early detection difficult, many sick with the tubular vision binocular vision, or even one that has the blind before coming in for treatment. But since the disease is still not known when, some patients inadvertently found occasionally at the fundus examination, and even has a blind before coming in for treatment. But since the disease is still not known when, in some patients, occasionally unintentionally fundus examination found. Therefore, patients should be alert to this, or else risk greater. With slightly more male, age distribution in 20 ~ 60 years, and the incidence rate of growth also increased with age. According to relevant data showed that below the age of 40 accounted for 24.7 percent, over 40 years of age accounted for 75.3 percent. Open angle glaucoma include: chronic simple glaucoma, hypotony excessive secretion of glaucoma and glaucoma.