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Subjects will participate in 4 study day visits that will be scheduled about 1- week apart. During the first study visit, the investigators will compare sweat collected following pharmacological stimulation of sweating (using the drug pilocarpine) to sweat collected following physiological
Visit 1 (if needed). Study subjects will be asked to read and sign the informed consent. At that time the study inclusion and exclusion criteria for the study will be reviewed. Subject will be given instructions to stop taking certain medications for 7 days prior to the next study visit.
The Sjogren's Syndrome is a disease that affects around 0,5% of the population and is mainly characterized for inflammatory involvement of salivary and lacrimal glands.
The xerostomia leads to low quality of life caused by dry sensations that can disturb the taste, the speaking, the swallow and
PLANNED INTERVENTIONS Potential study participants are seen by a glaucoma specialist at National University Hospital. If they are identified as having primary angle closure and have met the inclusion criteria mentioned above, they will be invited to participate in the study. Potential risks and
AIMS
The objective of this study is to conduct a randomised controlled clinical trial to compare LPI and primary phacol/IOL in the treatment of APACG.
The specific aim is to compare long-term IOP control in patients who undergo LPI with patients who undergo primary phaco/IOL. At the same time the