If you think you have acute angle closure glaucoma, you’ll need to see an ophthalmologist right away -- it’s an emergency. They’ll examine you and ask about your symptoms.

Narrow angle glaucoma can be acute or chronic. The acute form requires immediate medical attention. For both types, early diagnosis and treatment can help prevent vision loss.

An acute angle-closure glaucoma attack is one of the few true ophthalmic emergencies. Presenting symptoms include severe eye pain or pressure sensation, redness, blurred vision, seeing haloes ...

The analysis for acute angle closure included 372 patients with the diagnosis and 1488 patients in the control group (mean age, 70.4 years; mean follow-up, 2.9 years), ...

Acute angle closure glaucoma caused by anterior subluxated lens is rare. To the best of our knowledge, there are only few reports of the anterior chamber angle closed by subluxation of the lens ...

To study the safety and efficacy of immediate argon laser peripheral iridoplasty (ALPI) as initial treatment of acute phacomorphic angle-closure (phacomorphic glaucoma) before cataract extraction.