Eye care in the community Part 11 – Glaucoma monitoring

We usually assume that, having referred a patient for suspect glaucoma, their continued care should remain at the remote glaucoma clinic. In this article, I present examples of where a vigilant optometrist can successfully co-manage the patient in the community setting.

Case 1

A 43-year-old patient, SC, had been under the care of a local eye clinic where her ocular hypertension in the right eye was monitored. She had been monitored every six months for over 20 years. She was born with a capillary haemangioma (port wine stain, figure 1) on the right side of the face. She was currently being prescribed timolol 0.25%, to be used twice a day in the right eye only.