Unfortunately. The mainstay of the treatment isnt just eye drops. Your mum probably has a narrow iridocorneal angle. So whenever her pupils dilate. Eg; in a darkroom. She gets pain in her eyes due to the closure of the angle. Cause if the angle is closed. The aqueos will continue to accumulate in the main chamber of the eye. This causes the rise in the pressure. Wht those eye drops do is. It widens the angle or it increases outflow of the aques through another route to decrease the pressure. So in time, the pressure will always rise. You have to do a laser iridotomy. Its a painless opd procedure. It creates a little door in ur iris to help the aqeuos flow out.

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Added on December 30, 2011, 11:13 pmsorry fr my reply to a comment over 2 mnths ago. On my cell. Dind't know it was an old thread. All the best with your treatment stimix

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It could be diabetic retinopathy as well. And just as an added note for future references. There isnt a link between diabetes and glaucoma.

Well its a good thing then. Glaucoma progress in stages and cn exacerbate at anytime. Its a good thing u detected it early. But do go for regular check ups with the opthalmologist. As a diabetic patient the risk for developing diabetic retinopathy increases with each passing year. In the early stages the only symptom would be narrowing of ur visual field which usually go unnoticed by most people. By the time the floaters set in might be too late. So gotta take good care of the eyes.

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Added on December 31, 2011, 9:54 amDnt think they give vitamin b fr glaucoma.. However they do prescribe beta blocker eye drops fr tht.

This post has been edited by tjinn: Dec 31 2011, 09:54 AM