Glaucoma is a very common disorder faced by ophthalmologist these days proper diagnosis and management of glaucoma is very important if not treated in time and properly visual loss can occur. Especially chronic simple glaucoma as there is no pain we have seen many patients with ch simple glaucoma presenting as bil glaucomatous cupping and optic atrophy.
So, it is important to have glaucoma screening after the age of forty to do mass screening by measuring IOP, refraction, scleral rigidity and aqueous outflow and fundus examination. Now the scenario of classification of glaucoma is as follows Congenital glaucoma present during intrauterine life, infantile glaucoma from birth to 3 years, juvenile from 3 to 17 Primary glaucoma Open-angle also called chronic simple Closed-angle which is AC glaucoma AAC glaucoma Secondary glaucoma Ocular hypertension Neovascular glaucoma Pigmentary…
