Christie Brinkley’s routine eye exam caught condition that could have led to vision loss
Brinkley added that doctors can"fix it by brace yourselves, drilling a hole thru your eye! It’s not as gruesome as it sounds. In fact I just had it done in this photo, piece of cake."
There are two main forms of glaucoma: the more common open angle form and the less common closed angle form, Dr. Joseph Panarelli, an ophthalmologist at NYU Langone who specializes in managing glaucoma, told TODAY. "I've seen people misdiagnosed with migraines where they're looking to make sure they're not having a brain bleed," Panarelli said."People sometimes can miss the fact that it's all emanating from the eye."
The procedure involves making a very precise hole in the iris to relieve the pressure in the eye."We basically put a small hole or opening into the iris to allow fluid that is trapped behind the iris to come forward," Panarelli explained."So the purpose of the hole really is to calibrate the pressure in the two chambers of the eye."
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