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History and Symptoms
Symptoms of glaucoma vary greatly, depending on the type of disease present.
Open-angle glaucoma
- Most people have no symptoms until they begin to lose vision
- Gradual loss of peripheral (side) vision (also called tunnel vision)
Angle-closure glaucoma
- Symptoms may come and go at first, or steadily become worse
- Sudden, severe pain in one eye
- Decreased or cloudy vision
- Nausea and vomiting
- Rainbow-like halos around lights
- Red eye
- Eye feels swollen
Low-tension or normal-tension glaucoma
- Narrowed side vision in people with normal eye pressure
Congenital glaucoma
- Symptoms are usually noticed when the child is a few months old
- Cloudiness of the front of the eye
- Enlargement of one eye or both eyes
- Red eye
- Sensitivity to light
- Excessive Tearing