acute glaucoma(comparison with iritis and conjunctivitis)
Last reviewed 10/2022
| degree of pain | photophobia | discharge | redness | cornea | pupil | intraocular pressure | |
| acute conjunctivitis | roughness on lid movements | slight photophobia | clear or purulent discharge | generalised engorgement of the conjunctiva | normal cornea | normal pupil | normal intraocular pressure |
| acute iritis | dull ache within the eye | severe photophobia | slight reflex watering | circumcorneal redness | deposits on lower surface | pupil - fixed, small at first | normal intraocular pressure |
| acute glaucoma | severe painful eye | moderate photophobia | slight reflex watering | circumcorneal duskiness | haze over the anterior surface of the cornea | fixed dilated oval pupil | increased intraocular pressure |