PPT-DRUGS AND HUMAN EYE: GLAUCOMA

BY SHAEMA M ALI The eye Coats of the eyeball The eyeball consist of three coats 1 the fibrous coat 2 the vascular pigmented coat 3 the nervous coat Fibrous coat The fibrous coat is made up of a posterior opaque part the sclera and an anterior transparent part the cornea. DR: . Mahmoud. . Saeed. Lecturer Of Clinical Pharmacy. BMC. Anatomical . & . Physiological considerations. 1. Iris and Pupil . A-Constrictor . pupillae. muscle : . Parasympathetic supply.. Muscarinic. Presented by the Region 2 group:. Mari Garza-Facilitator. Yvette Bowerrman. Silvia Gonzalez. Lori Irvine. Susan Little. Jody Harris DeLeon. Glaucoma. Is a complicated group of diseases in which the intraocular pressure (IOP) of the eye is abnormally elevated. This abnormally high pressure results in optic nerve damage and eventually blindness.. LAKSHMAN KARALLIEDDE. OCTOBER 2011. Anatomy: . The nervous system has central and peripheral parts. . The central nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord. . The peripheral nervous system includes the nerves that connect the body's tissues with the brain and spinal cord. . (Tibet and Nepal). Suman Thapa MD, PhD. Kathmandu, Nepal. Worldwide problem. Glaucoma . S. econd . leading cause of blindness after cataract . (. Resnikoff. , WHO 2002). Leading . cause of irreversible blindness. LAKSHMAN KARALLIEDDE. OCTOBER 2011. Anatomy: . The nervous system has central and peripheral parts. . The central nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord. . The peripheral nervous system includes the nerves that connect the body's tissues with the brain and spinal cord. . (Tibet and Nepal). Suman Thapa MD, PhD. Kathmandu, Nepal. Worldwide problem. Glaucoma . S. econd . leading cause of blindness after cataract . (. Resnikoff. , WHO 2002). Leading . cause of irreversible blindness. Glaucoma is a series of illnesses affecting the visual nerves. It has an effect on your peripheral vision and, in the worst-case situation, can result in complete and irreversible vision loss. Glaucoma is the third leading cause of blindness worldwide. Dr Swati Sinkar provides Glaucoma treatment in Adelaide and here are the 9 biggest misconceptions about this dreadful eye disease. . Adnan. DEFINITION. Group of diseases causing damage to the optic nerve by the effects of raised ocular pressure on the optic nerve head. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY. Multifactorial. Raised IOP causes mechanical damage to the axons. and . Congenital Glaucoma. Dr.Ajai. . Agrawal. ,. Additional Professor,. Department of Ophthalmology, . AIIMS, . Rishikesh. . . Acknowledgement. Becker- Schaffer’s Diagnosis and therapy of The . . eye. What. . is. . glaucoma. Anatomy . of. . glaucoma. Types. . of. . glaucoma. Glaucoma. risk . factors. E. xamination. in . glaucoma. Treatment. . of. . glaucoma. The healthy eye. Light rays enter the eye. 28689 ISSN: 2574 -1241 Drug-Induced Acute Angle-Closure Glaucoma: Raising your Index of Suspicion Jazli Tan Jia An 1 , Sheikh Izzat Bin Zainal-Abidin Bahajjaj 1 , Fatimah Lateef 2 * and Zhang Yuan H 2/10/2016 1 Lynn E. Lawrence, CPOT, ABOC, COA Overview • Define Glaucoma • Diagnosis that make - up glaucoma • Patients that are pre - dispose to Glaucoma • Discuss risk factors associate w Outline common routes of administration of drugs to the eye . . . Discuss the pharmacokinetics of drugs applied topically to the eye . . Classify drugs used for treatment of disorders of the eye . .