My eye doctor said I'm a glaucoma suspect. Should I be concerned? (eyes, nerve)
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I have glaucoma, diagnosed years ago. For a long time, I was able to control it with drops. No more loss of vision. Then over the past few years I have had laser surgery to open up the tear ducts at the back of the eye, which helps to relieve the pressure & no longer need to take drops. I get my pressures checked every 3 months, to keep on top of it. Open angle glaucoma. It is no big deal as long as it is caught early.
I researched and 12 is still a normal eye pressure, but I guess because it's higher than it has been historically for me, it raised a red flag.
So how worried should I be? Is there a chance I might become blind in the future?
Not worried.
I was on glaucoma watch for 16 years because mine was at 15. It ended 2018 or so. It's 12 now. You ain't anywhere close.
Eye pressure can increase for any number of reasons none of which have anything to do with glaucoma. Your doctor is just being prudent like a good doctor should. Go every year for the next 5 years and see what happens. I go every other year now just to monitor.
I've been a glaucoma suspect for 15 years or so. What your ophthalmologist is telling you and recommending sounds right to me. My pressures have been 22
22 is above normal.
So what sounds right about the doctor mentioning possible glaucoma risk while having PERFECTLY normal pressure of 12??? That isn't high at all, in fact it's on the low end of normal.
Maybe there is justification for it, I'm no eye doctor but I just don't see it.
So what sounds right about the doctor mentioning possible glaucoma risk while having PERFECTLY normal pressure of 12??? That isn't high at all, in fact it's on the low end of normal.
Maybe there is justification for it, I'm no eye doctor but I just don't see it.
There are two kinds of glaucoma. One is called Normal tension Glaucoma, and the pressure in the eye is normal. The nerve exhibits "cupping".
I've been told since the early 90's that I had a problem, closed angle glaucoma, by a very thorough optomertrist(?). I do not rmember him mentioning any numbers but, I was in the middle of starting a small business and was consumed with those problems. I had had a traumatic eye injury as a child and had scar tissue across the retinue. So, had seen an opthamoligist off and on over the years. After, the optomertrist, a couple of years later, I started seeing an opthamoligist again and came in every year but I do not remember him mentioning numbers/glaucoma to me. After a few years of seeing him, he recommended doing lazer surgery on my eyes. I did not have insurance but he did it at a vastly reduced rate. As I put it, he put a hole in each eye. 20 years later, he has retired and I miss him terribly. He had a degree in Physics and was an MD.
Did he really use the word "suspect"? Because that's not correct usage.
"Glaucoma suspect" is the exact wording on my medical records. It's also what I have heard myself called by several different ophthalmologists, as in, "Oh, I see you are a glaucoma suspect."
Did he really use the word "suspect"? Because that's not correct usage.
Yes, that is the alternative word for pre-glaucoma. It means you have one or more risk factors of developing glaucoma but have not developed it yet.
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