Open AccessIntraocular pressure variation in patients on long-term corticosteroids
Author(s) -
John Shekhar Raju Mandapati,
Arun Kumar Metta
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian dermatology online journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-5673
pISSN - 2229-5178
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5178.85993
Subject(s) - medicine , intraocular pressure , glaucoma , ophthalmology , ocular hypertension , open angle glaucoma , elevated intraocular pressure , steroid , hormone
Long-term use of topical and systemic steroids produces secondary open-angle glaucoma similar to chronic simple glaucoma. The increased intraocular pressure [IOP] caused by prolonged steroid therapy is reversible but the damage produced by it is irreversible.