Patient's question:
Symptoms: Eye pain and discomfort, eye swelling, frequent dizziness and headaches, seeing colored halos around lights at night, severe cases may experience dry heaving, tearing, and photophobia. Is glaucoma surgery always necessary?Doctor's answer:
Glaucoma is a common ophthalmic disease caused by pathological high intraocular pressure, which is treatable. The pathogenesis is primarily due to impaired aqueous humor circulation, leading to a sharp increase in intraocular pressure and resulting in headaches. Currently, drugs commonly used to treat glaucoma include pilocarpine (Pilocarpine), glaucomaamine, timolol (timolol), and acetazolamide (Diamox, Acetazolamide), among others. Severe cases may require surgical treatment.