Abstract
Population explosion, availability of life saving
drugs and perusal of healthier life styles is
leading to rising life expectancy worldwide.
This indirectly translates to increasing prevalence of
open angle glaucoma1 worldwide and Pakistan is no
exception to these myriad factors of population
increase and related healthcare issues.
Studies have in general shown increased
glaucoma severity corelating with direct and indirect
costs associated with the progression of disease2
.
Hence there is a wide spread tendency to treat
suspicious optic nerve heads, mild to moderate high
intraocular pressures or even documented but non
progressive glaucoma damage without comprehensive
structural, visual function, local and systemic risk
assessment. This has in turn led to plethora of adverse
clinical, socioeconomic and financial concerns
triggering chain of adversities at individual and as
well as national level.
Rashid Zia, S. A. Raja, S. Aqil. (2019) Back to Basics – Part 1: Are We Over Treating Ocular Hypertension and Primary Open Angle Glaucoma Patients, Pakistan Journal of Ophthalmology, Volume 35, Issue 1.
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