Primary adolescent glaucoma

Juvenile glaucoma refers to congenital glaucoma that develops after 3 years of age or even in adults. The pathogenesis is the same as that of primary infantile glaucoma, but the symptoms of glaucoma appear later, and the cornea and sclera of the eyeball are more resistant to high intraocular pressure, so the appearance of the eyeballs is not enlarged. This type of glaucoma has a similar concealment process with primary open-angle glaucoma, and it is difficult to distinguish clinically. Therefore, primary open-angle glaucoma before the age of 30 is classified as adolescent glaucoma in our country's glaucoma classification standard.

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