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Sneezing as a cause of acute angle-closure glaucoma
M Sharir1, A C Huntington, G F Nardin
1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky 40292.
Annals of Ophthalmology
|June 1, 1992
Abstract:
We report the case of a patient who had an attack of acute angle-closure glaucoma precipitated by sneezing, probably as a result of a sudden increase in venous back pressure. This young woman had a history of allergic sinusitis.