FIELD: medicine.
SUBSTANCE: in patients with progressive myopia if glaucoma suspected, lachrymal fluid is examined for the concentration lactic (LA) and pyruvic (PA) acids for the right and left eyes. Then for each eye, hypoxia coefficients are calculated by formulae: HCOD=LAOS/PAOD, HCOS=LAOS/PAOS, where HCOD is the hypoxia coefficient of the right eye; LAOS is the LA concentration in the LF of the right eye, mmol/l; PAOD is the PA concentration in the LF of the right eye, mcmol/l; HCOS is the hypoxia coefficient of the left eye; LAOS is the LA concentration in the LF of the left eye, mmol/l; PAOS is the PA concentration in the LF of the left eye, mcmol/l. If the hypoxia coefficient HCOD exceeds 1.0, glaucoma on the corresponding eye is diagnosed.
EFFECT: use of the technique enables high reliable diagnosis of glaucoma in patients with progressive myopia.
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