Diabetic and Glaucoma

Diabetes is generally accompanied by complications if the disease is severe enough. Microvascular complications experienced by diabetics include retinopathy, neuropathy, and nephropathy. This time we will discuss about the complications associated with the eye.
Diabetics not generally just suffered complications retinopathy, but further complications that are often experienced by cataract and glaucoma. In a simple, retinopathy is damage to the cornea of the eye tissue which can be fatal blindness. meanwhile, Cataract is causing damage to the eye lens of the eye becomes webbed, murky and blurred vision. While the eye disease glaucoma is due to increased pressure on the eyeball resulting in nerve damage eyesight. Glaucoma are common in elderly patients over the age of 40 years.

High pressure in the eyeball in glaucoma patients caused of excessive production of Aquos Humor liquid or liquid drain blockage. In normal conditions, the liquid will flow regularly and serve moistened lens of the eye so as not to dry. 
The glaucomas are classified by the appearance of the iridocorneal angle. There are open-angle, closed-angle, and developmental categories, which are further divided into primary and secondary types. Primary open-angle glaucoma can occur with or without elevated intraocular pressure; the latter is sometimes called normal-tension glaucoma. Primary open-angle glaucoma includes both adult-onset disease (occurring after 40 years of age) and juvenile-onset disease (occurring between the ages of 3 and 40 years of age). Examples of secondary open-angle glaucomas include those associated with exfoliation or pigment-dispersion syndrome. Closed-angle glaucoma can be primary (e.g., pupillary block) or secondary (e.g., inflammatory or neovascular causes). Developmental forms of glaucoma include primary congenital glaucoma and glaucoma associated with syndromes (e.g., aniridia or the Axenfeld–Rieger syndrome). Primary open-angle glaucoma, the predominant form of glaucoma in Western countries (Kwon, Y. H., et all, 2009)
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source : Kwon, Y. H., et all, 2009, Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma, N Engl J Med 2009;360:1113-24
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