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Glaucoma

What are the symptoms?

In congenital glaucoma the cornea may look hazy or the eye may enlarge due to increased internal pressure. The first thing a parent may notice is an aversion to light or watering of the eyes in the absence of inflammation.

Acute glaucoma is a painful condition causing blurred vision, haloes round sources of light and is a medical emergency requiring hospital admission.

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Medical text written November 1991 by Contact a Family. Approved November 1991 by Professor M Patton, Professor of Medical Genetics, St Georges Hospital Medical School, London, UK and Dr J E Wraith, Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK. Last updated February 2005 by Mr R Pitts-Crick, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and President of the International Glaucoma Association, London, UK.

 

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