[A new risk factor in glaucoma?]

Oftalmologia. 2011;55(1):74-6.
[Article in Romanian]

Abstract

We observed that intraocular pressure was higher at the same glaucoma patient when he/she was fatigued or under a great stress. Several questions appeared: is this fact a rule? If yes, is there a critical level of fatigue to decompensate intraocular pressure? Does it appear in normal individuals? What is the pathogenesis?

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Algorithms
  • Disease Progression
  • Fatigue / complications*
  • Female
  • Glaucoma, Open-Angle / drug therapy
  • Glaucoma, Open-Angle / physiopathology*
  • Glaucoma, Open-Angle / psychology*
  • Humans
  • Intraocular Pressure*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Risk Factors
  • Stress, Psychological / complications*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Tonometry, Ocular