Juvenile Glaucoma Treatment & Management

Author: David Sellers Walton, MD; Chief Editor: Hampton Roy Sr, MD more...

Updated: Nov 17, 2011

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Medical Care

Glaucoma medications may temporally control IOP. Often, a rising eye pressure over 1-3 years may become resistant to all medications and dictate a need for eye surgery.

Surgical Care

Operations found useful for adult-onset open-angle glaucoma are useful in juvenile glaucoma. In addition, goniotomy is an effective procedure for this disease in both children and adults.

Consultations

Consultation with an ophthalmologist familiar with this unusual glaucoma and rare condition may be helpful.

Activity

No limitations on activity are necessary. When vision remains only in one eye, protection of the remaining seeing eye is mandatory.

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Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

David Sellers Walton, MD Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School; Surgeon in Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary; Assistant Pediatrician, Massachusetts General Hospital

David Sellers Walton, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, and American Ophthalmological Society

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Specialty Editor Board

Gerhard W Cibis, MD Clinical Professor, Director of Pediatric Ophthalmology Service, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Kansas School of Medicine

Gerhard W Cibis, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, and American Ophthalmological Society

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference

Disclosure: Medscape Salary Employment

Martin B Wax, MD Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School; Vice President, Ophthalmology Research and Development, Head, Ophthalmology Discovery Research, Alcon Labs, Inc

Martin B Wax, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Glaucoma Society, and Society for Neuroscience

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Lance L Brown, OD, MD Ophthalmologist, Affiliated With Freeman Hospital and St John's Hospital, Regional Eye Center, Joplin, Missouri

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Chief Editor

Hampton Roy Sr, MD Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Hampton Roy Sr, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American College of Surgeons, and Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

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