-Age over 45 years
-Family history of glaucoma
-Black racial ancestry
-Diabetes
-History of elevated intraocular pressure
-Nearsightedness (high degree of myopia), which is the inability to see distant objects clearly
-History of injury to the eye
-Use of cortisone (steroids), either in the eye or systemically (orally or injected)
-Farsightedness (hyperopia), which is seeing distant objects better than close ones (Farsighted people may have narrow drainage angles, which predispose them to acute [sudden] attacks of angle-closure glaucoma.)
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