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Volume 8
J Community Med Health Educ, an open access journal
ISSN: 2161-0711
Public Health 2018
February 26-28, 2018
PUBLIC HEALTH AND NUTRITION
3
rd
World Congress on
February 26-28, 2018 London, UK
A LONGITUDINALOBSERVATION OFA PATIENTWITH NORMALTENSION GLAUCOMA
Hlupheka Lawrence Sithole
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University of South Africa, South Africa
N
ormal tension glaucoma (NTG) is a disease associated with normal intraocular pressure (10-21 mmHg) that may
lead to irreversible blindness if misdiagnosed or left untreated over a period of time. The author observed a patient
with NTG over a period of five years (from 2013-2017). The initial visual field analysis results (2014) showed mild visual
field defects due to NTG at the start of the five year period. Although the patient was also diagnosed with hydrocephalus, a
condition associated with optic nerve head damage, following years of non-compliance to treatment of NTG and follow-up
eye examination schedules, the patient’s visual field defects were found to have progressed by the year 2017. It is therefore
important for optometrists to apply due diligence when examining patients with NTG in order to expedite intervention and
prevention of visual impairment and blindness.
Biography
Hlupheka Lawrence Sithole is working as Research Training Officer at College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa.
sithohl@unisa.ac.zaHlupheka Lawrence Sithole, J Community Med Health Educ 2018, Vol 8
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711-C1-033