A glaucoma characterized by high aqueous fluid production and inflow relative to aqueous fluid outflow leading to inappropriately elevated intraocular pressure, which may lead to optic nerve damage and visual field loss. Hypersecretion glaucoma has_symptom progressive peripheral vision loss, decreased vision, and pain, redness, and headache in acute cases. Hypersecretion glaucoma is caused by high aqueous fluid inflow relative to outflow. [ url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaucoma#Primary_glaucoma_and_its_variants url:https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/article-abstract/624904 ]
Term information
- UMLS_CUI:C0154968
- SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:29369005
- ICD10CM:H40.82
- ICD9CM:365.81
Term relations
- glaucoma
- has symptom some bloodshot eye
- has symptom some loss of vision
- disease has feature some ocular hypertension
- has symptom some pain
- has symptom some headache