Glaucoma

Sign/Symptoms
Eye Inner or Intraocular Pressure Increased (Papiloedema) Eye: Vision Impairment Headache (Cephalgia) Mind: Sensitive To Light Nausea Pain Eyes Vision Acuity Decreased Vision: Decreased Color Clarity Vision: Halo Shaped Visual Disturbances Vision: Patchy Loss of Peripheral Vision Visual Disturbances Vomiting

Drugs
Acetazolamide Brinzolamide Oxprenolol Timolol

Treatments
Surgery Laser Trabeculoplasty Trabeculectomy Canaloplasty Laser Peripheral Iridotomy (LPI) Diode Laser Cycloablation Glaucoma Drainage Implants Cyclocryotherapy Non-Penetrating Deep Sclerectomy (NPDS) Medical Therapy Canaloplasty Weakly in Favour Low Evidence Cyclocryotherapy Weakly in Favour Low Evidence Diode Laser Cycloablation Weakly in Favour Low Evidence Laser Peripheral Iridotomy (LPI) Weakly in Favour Low Evidence Laser Trabeculoplasty Weakly in Favour Low Evidence Glaucoma Drainage Implants Weakly in Favour Low Evidence Non-Penetrating Deep Sclerectomy (NPDS) Weakly in Favour Low Evidence Trabeculectomy Weakly in Favour Low Evidence

Attributes
Commonality is common Incidence is approximately 1 in 67 people

Further Tests

Our Records are Incomplete for Further Tests

Glaucoma

Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:

Cannabis (Marijuana, weed, hemp) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]:

Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.

Recommendation: weakly in favor (Evidence shows that smoking or ingesting cannabis may help in relieving symptoms of occular hypertension in glaucoma)

Grade of Evidence: moderate quality of evidence

* www.gradeworkinggroup.org

Summary References

Treatments:

1. Ades T, Alteri R, Gansler T, Yeargin P, "Complete Guide to Complimentary & Alternative Cancer Therapies", American Cancer Society, Atlanta USA, 2009

2. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/marijuana.html

3. http://nccam.nih.gov/research/extramural/awards/2004/

4. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/marijuana

5. http://www.nationalmssociety.org/about-multiple-sclerosis/what-we-know-about-ms/treatments/complementary--alternative-medicine/marijuana/index.aspx

6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16957511

7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12965981

8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17589370

9. http://mct.aacrjournals.org/content/6/11/2921.long

10. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2562334/?tool=pmcentrez

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