Glaucoma

• Blindness in glaucoma is

  • Irreversible
• Normal C:D ratio

  • 0.3-0.5
• Retinal fibers of patients with glaucoma using OCT is

  • Thin
• In perimetry, glaucoma patients will have black spots that signify superior arterial defect called

  • Scotoma
• Rate of production of aqueous humor

  • 2-4uL/min
• Normal IOP

  • 10-21 mmHg
• Major pathway that drains 80% of aqueous humor

  • Trabecular pathway
• Minor pathway that drains about 15-20% of aqueous humor

  • Uveoscleral pathway
• It is where the aqueous humor drains.

  • Irido-iris corneal angle
• The ciliary processes that produce aqueous humor is located behind the pupil.