normal tension glaucomaの例文

• Medical treatment is necessary when normal tension glaucoma is present.
• Many patients with normal tension glaucoma have a basic constitution, which corresponds to the Flammer syndrome.
• Hypotension is a feature of Flammer syndrome which is characterized by cold hands and feet and predisposes to normal tension glaucoma.
• These nightly " dips " of blood pressure in normal tension glaucoma patients with Flammer syndrome can damage the sensory cells of the retina significantly.
• It said Mrs . Marcos, 68, " suffers from a rare and serious form " of glaucoma called " normal tension glaucoma " and also " angle closure glaucoma ."
• In Ontario, optometrists are able to prescribe drugs to treat normal tension glaucoma ( a type of primary glaucoma ), transient intraocular pressure elevations, an acute glaucoma crisis, and dacryocystitis.
• Characteristic changes of the fundus evident on examination is temporal pallor ( indicating atrophy ) of the optic disc and in its end stage, excavation of the optic disc, as is also seen in Leber hereditary optic neuropathy and normal tension glaucoma.