Glaucoma pathogenesis and lifestyle modification

Treatment - therapeutic lifestyle modification.

[Pathogenesis of glaucoma].

The factors that determine the development of retinal/optic nerve damage and loss of visual function have not been fully identified. While the intraocular pressure (IOP) level is the major risk factor, other issues such as the tolerance of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) in the individual patient, the role of the supporting connective tissue at the lamina cri-brosa, autoregulation of local blood ...

Neovascular Secondary Glaucoma, Etiology and Pathogenesis.

RATIONALE Neovascular secondary glaucoma is a condition characterized by increased intraocular pressure due to the neovascularization occurring at the iridocorneal angle and iris, the most common complication of end-stage ischemic retina. The early diagnosis and treatment of this disease are important, because the functional prognosis is reserved. OBJECTIVE Knowing and understanding the etiol...

Lifestyle Modification as a Prescription for Hypertension:

Homocysteine in the Pathogenesis of Chronic Glaucoma

1.1 Metabolic pathway Methionine is one of four amino acids that form succinyl CoA. This sulphur containing amino acid is the source of homocysteine (Hcy). It is converted to S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), the major methyl-group donor in one–carbon metabolism. The synthesis of SAM occurs when methionine condenses with adenosine triphosphate (ATP) by the hydrolysis of all three phosphate bonds. The...