Has anyone in this neighborhood had experience with narrow-angle glaucoma?

Has anyone in this neighborhood had experience with narrow-angle glaucoma?
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I don’t have the condition, but I’m pretty sure you should NOT have your pupils dilated for eye exams due to risk of acute attack. Your ophthalmologist would know if that’s still true after iridotomy.
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