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Research draft

glaucoma

vr.tr.glaucoma · XCT.STA

Let an agent route acute glaucoma symptoms to emergency eye care, encourage regular eye tests, give general sourced information and point to support, without personal medical advice.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent route acute glaucoma symptoms to emergency eye care, encourage regular eye tests, give general sourced information and point to support, without personal medical advice.

A group of eye diseases that damage the optic nerve, often associated with raised pressure inside the eye, and a leading cause of irreversible sight loss; open-angle glaucoma usually develops slowly without symptoms, while acute angle-closure glaucoma is a medical emergency, and other forms include steroid-induced and hereditary glaucoma.

What it is for: An eye condition relevant to screening, urgent care and sight loss support.

It can be recognise emergency symptoms of acute glaucoma; find eye testing and screening; find general information on glaucoma types; find sight loss and patient support.

Distinguishing features

Optic nerve damage

Often symptomless early

Acute form is an emergency

Loss is irreversible

What it looks like

Usually no visible signs early; detected by eye pressure tests, optic nerve examination and visual field tests.

How it is recognised

Optic nerve damage on examination

Gradual peripheral vision loss

Cataract clouds the lens instead

Related models

is a kind of - category

eye disease

damages - structure

optic nerve

is related to - related eye disease

retinal disease

is detected by - screening

eye test

In practice

Families and kinds

primary open-angle glaucoma

acute angle-closure glaucoma

normal-tension glaucoma

secondary and steroid-induced glaucoma

congenital and hereditary glaucoma

Standards and regulation

Clinical guidelines on glaucoma

Driving vision standards

Eligibility rules for free eye tests

Failure modes and hazards

Delaying care for acute symptoms

Missing routine eye tests

Stopping eye drops without advice

Also called

glaucoma with ocular inflammationsteroid-induced glaucomasteroid-induced glaucoma - borderlineresidual stage corticosteroid-induced glaucomablind hypertensive eyehereditary glaucomasyndromic glaucomaglaucoma due to raised episcleral venous pressureUveitic glaucomahypersecretion glaucomaaqueous misdirectionphacogenic glaucomatraumatic glaucomaangle-closure glaucomaborderline glaucomaglaucoma associated with anterior segment anomalyglaucoma associated with ocular disorderglaucoma associated with systemic syndromesglaucoma associated with pupillary blockglaucoma associated with vascular disorderobsolete glaucoma associated with anomalies of irisglaucoma associated with tumors or cystsopen-angle glaucomapigmentary glaucomaglaucoma associated with congenital anomalies, dystrophies and systemic syndromesghost cell glaucomaprimary open angle glaucomaSchwartz–Matsuo syndromeglaucoma associated with chamber angle anomaliestoxic glaucomalow tension glaucomaresidual stage of open angle glaucomajuvenile glaucoma

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.glaucoma

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Urgent Emergency symptoms.

Safety comes first.

Acute

Acute angle closure.

Acute

Acute glaucoma.

  1. Is there sudden severe eye pain, redness, headache, nausea, blurred vision or halos around lights? boundary
  2. Should the person go to emergency eye care immediately? action

Vision

Sudden vision loss.

Vision

Sudden vision loss.

  1. Has vision been lost suddenly? boundary
  2. Should emergency services or an eye emergency department be contacted now? action
Screening Eye tests.

Early detection matters.

Tests

Routine tests.

Tests

Eye tests.

  1. How often do health services recommend eye tests, especially for people at higher risk? provenance
  2. Are tests free for relatives of people with glaucoma here? provenance

Risk

Risk factors.

Risk

Risk factors.

  1. Which risk factors do health authorities list for glaucoma? provenance
  2. Is the user asking about their own risk? boundary
Information General facts.

Sourced information only.

Types

Kinds.

Types

Types.

  1. What do eye health organisations say about this type of glaucoma? provenance
  2. How is it usually treated, in general terms? provenance

Treatment

Treatment questions.

Treatment

Treatment questions.

  1. Is the user considering stopping or changing eye drops? boundary
  2. How should the agent refer them to their eye specialist? action
Support Living with glaucoma.

Support helps.

Organisations

Patient groups.

Organisations

Patient organisations.

  1. Which glaucoma charities and helplines exist? provenance
  2. Which low vision services help? provenance

Driving

Driving rules.

Driving

Driving rules.

  1. Must glaucoma be reported to the driving authority here? provenance
  2. Which vision standard applies? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should glaucoma types be separate entries?
  • How should screening eligibility be localised?
  • How should support services be linked?
Draft as JSON