Basics
Which sensory organ is affected by glaucoma?
Eyes
What are two symptoms of glaucoma?
Severe eye pain, Headache, Nausea and vomiting, Seeing rainbows or halos surrounding lights, Blurred or reduced vision, Blindness
Which age group is most prone to glaucoma?
>60
What is the most common type of treatment?
Where was the slideshow template from?
Slidesgo (no promo)
Which cranial nerve is affected by glaucoma?
Optic Nerve
How is a glaucoma diagnosed?
Dilated eye exam
What is the most prominent cause of glaucoma?
Ocular Hypertension
What do eyedrops do for glaucoma?
Help to drain fluid from the eye in order to decrease the pressure
What color was the map with the "bubble pins"?
Dark Blue
What are the two main types of glaucoma?
Open-Angle & Angle-Closure
What is the first area that vision loss occurs in?
Peripheral vision (the edges)
What is another cause of glaucoma besides ocular hypertension?
Family/genetics
Vision lost due to a glaucoma can be regained. True or False? Why?
False, because of damage to the optic nerve
What color were the causes slides?
Blue
Which of the two glaucoma is rapid onset and which is slow onset?
Angle closure/ Narrow Angle = rapid onset
Open angle/ Wide angle= slow onset
What color were the eyes of the types of glaucoma visual?
Hazel
What type of pressure causes ocular hypertension? (Don't overthink :) )
Intraocular pressure
What is trabeculoplasty?
The use of a laser to improve fluid drainage in the eye
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What are three types of glaucoma excluding the two main types?
Congenital, Normal Tension, Traumatic, Neovascular, Pigmentary
Fill in the blank on Rachel and Kimeera's [attempted] comic relief.
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and the smallest one in the Solar System and _______.
and that is why you have a glaucoma, sir.
Which races/ethnicities are more prone to glaucoma? There are three!
African, Hispanic/Latino, East Asian
Name one specific type of glaucoma medication
Alpha agonists, beta blockers, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, cholinergic agents, prostaglandin analogs, or rho kinase inhibitors
What is the plural form of glaucoma? And did we use it consistently?
GLAUCOMA (except in more specific contexts such as various types of glaucomas or a collection of glaucomas)
Probably not :D