My eyes were particularly stiff and had a headache in the dark, but was there a risk of blindness?
Aug 28, 2025
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Glaucoma is a disease in which the visible range (visibility) narrows as the optic nerve in the eye gradually weakens, and the most important cause of the weakening of the optic nerve in glaucoma is high intraocular pressure (pressure in the eye).
In particular, acute obstructive angle glaucoma causes a sharp rise in intraocular pressure due to blocked anterior angle (gap between the cornea and iris), which is the path of waterproofing, resulting in severe eye pain, headache, vomiting, congestion, and vision loss.
When obstructive glaucoma occurs acutely, it can be seen as a very emergency situation. This is a state in which the discharge passage in the snow is completely blocked, and the intraocular pressure becomes very high in a short period of time. If treatment is delayed, vision may be lost in a few hours to a day.
Acute obstructive angle glaucoma is diagnosed when intraocular pressure rises sharply above 40 to 60 mmHg and the anterior angle is completely closed. Patients suffer from eye pain and headache, rainbow halo, rapid vision loss, and in severe cases vomiting and congestion. Just one seizure can seriously damage the optic nerve, so if symptoms occur, you should visit the emergency room immediately.
Intermittent obstructive angle glaucoma can be seen as the early or pre-stage of acute obstructive angle glaucoma. The anterior angle is blocked only occasionally, and the intraocular pressure repeats the normal and high intraocular pressure. Symptoms only appear when there is a seizure, and instantaneous blurred vision, eye pain, headache, and mild nausea occur. Repeated seizures can gradually damage the optic nerve, requiring early diagnosis and preventive treatment.
Seran Hospital Ophthalmologist Park Sung-eun "If the peripheral iris adheres to the cornea as the seizure is repeated due to intermittent obstructive angle glaucoma, the anterior angle can be permanently narrowed and can be transferred to complete obstruction."Since intermittent obstructive angle glaucoma can appear normal in the absence of seizures, preventive laser iris incision is sometimes used to prevent anterior angle obstruction. "
Headaches that appear in patients with intermittent obstructive angle glaucoma often occur in the evening when the pupil is enlarged or in dark places. The circulatory pathway is restored by the reduction of the pupil, which occurs spontaneously during sleep time, and headaches disappear in the morning. If a seizure occurs at night, you may wake up in your sleep and feel head and eye pain or vomit, but symptoms may subside in the morning, delaying your visit to the hospital.
Manager Park Sung-eun said, "Glaucoma should be treated consistently like diabetes and high blood pressure, and if you often suffer from severe headaches or if you experience eye pain, decreased vision, or vomiting, you should seek ophthalmological treatment immediately"Patients with a narrow anterior angle should keep their heads down in a dark place and not read or use their cell phones for a long time, and should avoid upside-down exercise and heavy drinking because it affects intraocular pressure."," he stressed.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
