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there is a mismatch of fluid being pumped into your eye and
the amount of fluid exiting the drain (called the angle),
fluid will accumulate and cause the pressure in your eye to
go up. By placing a special mirrored contact lens on your
eye, the drain may be visualized.
Narrow Angle Glaucoma
 In
Narrow Angle Glaucoma, the entrance to the drain appears
to be narrow or covered by the colored part of your eye
(the iris). To place into context of our analogy, it is
like a drain plug popping in and out of the drain.
 Closed
Angle Glaucoma
In Closed Angle Glaucoma, the colored part of your eye has
scarred close part of the drain from being in contact with
it for a long time. To place into context of our analogy,
it is like a drain plug stuck into part of the drain.
Other Glaucomas
On a microscopic level, the drain may also be filled with
debris (open angle glaucoma). If both narrow angle and open
angle glaucoma coexist, you have combined mechanism glaucoma.
Treatment for narrow angle / closed angle / combined
mechanism
Treatment of this condition is to take a laser and place
a hole directly through the colored part of your eye (the
drain plug). This will allow the fluid made by your eye
to have access to more of the drain and help to keep the
pressure down.
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