Ikebukuro Sunshine Street Eye Clinic

Types of glaucoma

• Open-angle glaucoma
  The drainage angle formed by the cornea and iris remains open, but the trabecular meshwork is partially blocked.
• Angle-closure glaucoma
  Angle-closure glaucoma occurs when the iris bulges forward to narrow or block the drainage angle formed by the cornea and iris. As a result, fluid can't circulate through the eye and pressure increases.
• Normal-tension glaucoma
  In normal-tension glaucoma, your optic nerve has damaged even though your eye pressure is within the normal range.
• Secondary glaucoma
  Secondary glaucoma occurs to the inflammation of the cornea or uveitis.
• Congenital glaucoma
  The drainage angle formed by the cornea and iris has naturally had problem, develops in infancy.
• Developmental glaucoma
  The drainage angle formed by the cornea and iris has naturally had problem, develops in adolescent growth.
• Steroid glaucoma
  This type of glaucoma could occur to the side effect of steroid.
• Posner-Schlossman Syndrome
  Posner-Schlossman is a disease typified by acute, unilateral, recurrent attacks of elevated eye pressure with mild anterior chamber inflammation.