DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF PAIN SYNDROME IN LATE-STAGE GLAUCOMA
Hypertensive pain syndrome in late-stage glaucoma cannot be alleviated by non-narcotic analgesics and may be reduced only by effective antihypertensive therapy. The important differential diagnostic signs of hypertensive pain syndrome are aching, distending pain in the presence of high intraocular pressure, as well as no eyeball palpatory tenderness.