Scientists at Kaunas University of Technology in Lithuania have provided additional evidence that intracranial pressure plays an important role in glaucoma. Therefore, low intracranial pressure is associated with deterioration in the patient’s vision, especially in the nasal region. The research was published in the journal diagnosis.
Normal pressure glaucoma is an optic neuropathy with chronic loss of retinal ganglion cells due to genetic hypersensitivity to increased intraocular pressure. It accounts for 50% of all disease cases.
Eighty patients with early stage glaucoma were included in the study. During the study, measurements of intraocular and intracranial pressure and visual fields were taken. The study found several statistically significant correlations. Thus, it was noted that the higher the difference in intraocular and intracranial pressure, the more pronounced the patient’s visual field loss. The most obvious losses occurred in the bow area.
“Loss of field of vision means only one thing – a person goes blind. Therefore, low intracranial pressure is associated with deterioration in the patient’s vision. The discovery offers medical professionals new opportunities to explore the causes and possible treatment of this pathology,” concluded the authors.
Source: Gazeta
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