A 60-year-old presents with severe eye pain, headache, nausea and haloes around lights. Pupil is mid-dilated and non-reactive; cornea hazy. What is th...

Question

A 60-year-old presents with severe eye pain, headache, nausea and haloes around lights. Pupil is mid-dilated and non-reactive; cornea hazy. What is the immediate management?

Accepted Answer

Urgent ophthalmology referral and give acetazolamide

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Start topical steroid only

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Arrange routine ophthalmology review

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Start topical antibiotic and observe

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Oral antihistamines

ukmla MCQ (SBA): Acute Angle-closure Glaucoma

A 60-year-old presents with severe eye pain, headache, nausea and haloes around lights. Pupil is mid-dilated and non-reactive; cornea hazy. What is the immediate management?