[Improving management of glaucoma's risk factors].
Lowering intra-ocular pressure is always a necessity to treat glaucoma. Others identified risks factors may be fought, with the hope to favourably act on the disease: arteriosclerosis worsening parameters, low diastolic arterial pressure, vasospastic or sleep apnea syndrome, inverse pupillary block in pigmentary dispersion. On the other hand, ignoring a noctural closure of the irido-corneal angle or a non-compliance to the medical treatment may lead to glaucoma worsening.
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Centre Ophtalmologique Kléber, 50, cours Franklin-Roosevelt, 69006 Lyon, France. esellem@aol.com
D005901:Glaucoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D012308:Risk Management