Medical treatment of glaucoma began in the late 1800s, using physostigmine and pilocarpine. In the US, the treatment of glaucoma usually begins with the appointment of local drugs.
Consider effective drugs for glaucoma, the rules for their use and indications for use.
The optic nerve contains more than 1 million axons of retinal ganglion cells, whose bodies are located in the superficial layers of the retina. Despite some variability in the size and shape of the optic disc, most often the disc is a vertically oriented oval.
It is now clear that pathophysiologically glaucoma is a progressive loss of ganglion cells due to an increase in intraocular pressure, which leads to the appearance of visual field defects.
As can be seen from the statistics, in the world every third person has poor eyesight. However, for some problems with vision (astigmatism, myopia, hyperopia), everything can be corrected with the help of special gymnastics.
It is proved that laser trabeculoplasty effectively reduces intraocular pressure in uncontrolled open-angle glaucoma, both primary and secondary.
Pulsating double neodymium aluminum-yttrium garnet laser (AIG) applied Latina in 1998 with trabeculoplasty. It was designed to selectively affect pigmented tissue and to minimize side effects.
Trabeculectomy reduces intraocular pressure, because during the operation it creates a fistula between the inner parts of the eye and the subconjunctival space with the formation of a filtration pad.
Draining devices for glaucoma - fluid or tubular shunts - are used to reduce intraocular pressure in patients with uncontrolled glaucoma, in whom a fistulizing operation using antimetabolites has already been unsuccessful or has little chance of success.
Several methods are used for cyclodestruction: non-contact transscleral cyclophotocoagulation (CTC), cyclocryotherapy, contact transcleral CT, transpupillary CT and endoscopic cyclophobic coagulation.