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DIURNAL VARIATIONS IN INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE Chronic Open Angle Glaucoma: Preliminary Report
Author(s) -
HENKIND PAUL,
WALSH JOSEPH B
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australian journal of opthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 0310-1177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1981.tb01016.x
Subject(s) - intraocular pressure , glaucoma , medicine , open angle glaucoma , ophthalmology , optic nerve , diurnal temperature variation , circadian rhythm , elevated intraocular pressure , anesthesia , atmospheric sciences , geology
Human beings have a diurnal variation in their intraocular pressure and this variation is related to the sleep‐wake cycle. Patients with chronic open angle glaucoma have a similar fluctuation in intraocular pressure and, even without medication, may achieve a “normal” intraocular pressure several hours into their sleep period. Two patients with chronic open angle glaucoma, maintained on their usual miotic therapy, also maintained a normal diurnal fluctuation in intraocular pressure as did one patient with a unilaterally transected optic nerve and another with a surgically divided trigeminal nerve.