Glaucoma This manifests as a gradual loss of the visual field, starting with a loss of peripheral vision, but eventually the entire vision will be lost if not treated. This is the most common type of glaucoma, accounting for 90% of cases in the United States, but fewer in Asian countries. Onset is slow and painless, and loss of vision is gradual and irreversible. Narrow-angle glaucoma (also "closed-angle glaucoma") the iris bows forward, narrowing the angle that drains the eye, increasing pressure within the eye. If untreated, it can lead to the medical emergency of angle-closure glaucoma. In angle-closure glaucoma (also
Medical Corps of the Swedish Armed Forces Medical Corps of the Swedish Armed Forces Medical Corps of the Swedish Armed Forces (, Medk) was a joint administrative corps for military physicians and military veterinarians in the Swedish Armed Forces. It was formed in 1969 (SFS 1969:409) by merging the Swedish Field Medical Corps ("Fältläkarkåren"), the Swedish Naval Medical Officers’ Corps ("Marinläkarkåren") and the Swedish Army Veterinary Corps. Its head was the Surgeon-General of the Swedish Armed Forces and was subordinate to the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces. The Surgeon-General had at his disposal a staff body, the medical corps office, which was organizationally part of