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Eye disorder: Glaucoma - Coggle Diagram
Eye disorder: Glaucoma
Pathophysiology
Caused by raised intraocular pressure. It is this raised pressure that compresses and damages the optic nerve. Once the optic nerve is damaged, it fails to carry visual information to the brain and this results in loss of vision.
Causes
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medications, such as corticosteroids
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stages
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- atrophy of the optic nerve
- alterations in aqueous outflow system
- an initial sequence of events
- progressive loss of the visual field
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definition
a condition of increased pressure eyeball, causing gradual loss of sight