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3. A patient presents to casualty with a painful red eye and a cloudy cornea. The casualty officer suspects he has acute glaucoma.a He should arrange for him to be seen in the eye clinic in a week.b The diagnosis would be further confirmed by finding a dilated pupil.c Treatment is initially with intravenous acetazolamide and pilocarpine eyedrops.d A laser iridotomy should be performed.e The condition may be caused by a block to the flow of aqueous through thepupil.
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