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Acute Closed Angle
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Does anyone else here have the acute closed angle form of glaucoma? What has been your experience?
Posted on 09/17/09, 02:09 pm
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Reply #1 - 09/20/09  1:43pm
" Mine is open angle.

Anyone on the site with closed angle, hope you'll reply and support this person with your own experiences. "
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Reply #2 - 09/27/09  4:32pm
" I have open angle but my aunt has acute closed angle and had to have laser in both eyes at different times to relieve it. She is doing well now. "
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Reply #3 - 10/01/09  5:07pm
" Hi, I am new here. I just found out today I have acute angle-closure glaucoma in my right eye. I am having laser surgery on Tuesday.
This is all a shock to me. I made an appointment with my Ophtalmologist because my eye hurt. I thought I just had an infection or something like that. So you can imagine my surprise when he told me that i had glaucoma. "

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