Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma and other Common Types of Glaucoma
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About This Video:
In this video Joseph J. Allen, O.D., F.A.A.O., reviews the different types of glaucoma. If you have ever been diagnosed with primary open angle glaucoma, narrow angle glaucoma, normal tension glaucoma or a secondary glaucoma, then check out this video. This video also reviews glaucoma treatments and symptoms of acute angle closure. The video also discusses how steroid medications affect eye pressure and how diabetes can cause neovascular glaucoma. If you ever wanted to hear glaucoma explained by an eye doctor, then watch this video.
I’m a second year student. I just had my lecture on types of glaucoma yesterday and this was really helpful! Thank you!
Hey Ronnie! So happy to help! I wish you the best in school. of course your textbooks and lectures are way more detailed then these videos but glad you got some benefit. Which school do you go to?
Can I just say you’re doing a great job! Going to start my optometry degree soon and your videos are great to watch in my free time! Any other channels you know off as educational as yours would be really helpful - not enough ophthalmic channels on here. Keep up the good work 👏
You really have an excellent way of explaining and visualising it. Also making it more interesting due to the enthusiasm
I am in my early twenties and was having ocular migraines. I went in to see my eye doctor for those (just because I read on the internet that it's a good idea to get them checked out lol), and walked out with a diagnosis of glaucoma! I had no idea I had it at all!! I didn't even know anything about it until a few days ago. In fact, if it wasn't for the migraines and the random internet info, I may not have gone in for an eye exam at all (I just never really got my eyes checked much before now)... so lesson learned! Regular eye exams are so important no matter what age you are. We caught mine early and can start treatment now, but there's already been a lot of damage done. Anyway go get your eyes checked! You just never know!
Thanks for this video! I learned a lot! I have open angle glaucoma according to my doc :/
How is the treatment so far?
@educatednegro5897😊
Just found your videos and already benefiting as a nursing student!
That is so awesome to hear!!! How far into your program are you?
Thanks a lot doc! That vdo really informative and helpful for my study.
Best channel to study opthalmology and basics of eye in daily life basis, GOD BLESS YOU BRO.
i really enjoy videos ,wish i found you before i had glaucoma surgery and cataract surgery you have answered many of my questions also it was canaloplasty surgery i had done.thank you very much,
Well I'm super happy you found the channel now Robert. I hope things are going well for you since your surgeries. How often do you see your ophthalmologist?
Thank you for all the information, and I'm new and have subscribed to the channel, I was diagnosed a few weeks back with narrow angle glaucoma, my eye pressure was 25 and have to go back in March 1 to get a pressure test done again on my eyes.
Recently started work at my local hospitals eye department and this was really useful as I need to give a talk on glaucoma
Really interesting, educational and I’ve learnt something new! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Jenni!
Thank you for your vids, very needed
Informative as always!
I do try 😁
This was so helpful!!
Thank you so much doc! I am new here.
Good advice for eyes thanks
From what I’ve learnt in this video, I’ve got congenital Glucoma.
This is such an amazing video 👍🏿
excellent informative videos, thank you. How about making a video on Epitetanal membrane ?
Yes, I have pigmentary glaucoma. As far as i know my father and grandfather also had glaucoma but dont know the type.
Thanks for posting . I have pseudoexfoliation . My mother had it . I first tried laser SLT treatment.But after a few years it became less effective in lowering the eye pressure . My eye pressure fluctuates from normal to high . I am now on eye drops
Just refering to this vid to know what type of glaucoma i have. Been suffering for almost 6years
I love you videos! Greetings from Mexico :)
Thanks Doc!
Happy to help Martin! Was there part of the video you really liked? I wanted to have more pictures but most out there are copyrighted
Thank you so much doc !
Most welcome!
I have secondary aphakic open-angle glaucoma in both of my eyes. I take for eye drops for my pressures and I have to see a glaucoma specialist for the rest of my life. I'm on brimonidine, dorzolamide timolol, pilocarpine , and latanoprost for glaucoma. I have to take all for these every day for my pressures
Thanks. I'm a 5th year student.and it helped me sooo
Nice! Happy to help. Where are you studying?
Bangladesh. U may not recognise 🙂🙂
reducing pressure ROCKS
I had glaucoma while still in development in my mom’s uterus. Completely lost vision in one eye and have significant damage in the other, had to do many surgeries. To this day I can’t take certain medications because it makes the glaucoma come back. It really is a terrible thing to go through and people shouldn’t ignore the symptoms. Not having depth perception sucks.
Sorry to hear about that Bownie. Thank you for sharing. What medications make it worse?
Doctor Eye Health usually benzos and strong antibiotics. I had to stop taking my anxiety meds because it kept raising my eye pressure. Opioids also do it but it’s not as bad
I also have congenital glaucoma and I’m extremely short-sighted too. Even with corrections I can’t get the vision of a normal person. You’re not alone! I hope you’re alright and that you’re still living your life to the fullest
wow thank you so muchh
I belong to a glaucoma group on Facebook and sometimes it's quite scary, I come on here to listen you and your advice and a feel much more relaxed about condition I have narrow angle and you are helping me through this. Thank you
Thank you for your kind words. It is true that glaucoma can lead to vision loss and blindness for some people, but with close management the treatments are excellent. I hope things are going well for you. Happy new year!
One type you didn't cover is subacute angle closure glaucoma. I'd love to see a video on that.
About 2years ago, my optician suspected I had Glaucoma and I did my vision field tests and my results came out bad for my right eye, and I was put on Timolol. Did another visual field test a few months ago and results came out much much better. I’m just confused because I was told once your vision is damaged it can’t get any better. Was wondering if I really do have glaucoma or I was just wrongly diagnosed.
Another thing is that My eye pressure is always normal
I like this video I have aphakic glaucoma which is secondary glaucoma in both of my eyes. I got this glaucoma from my cataract surgery when I was a baby. I was diagnosed with glaucoma when I was 9 and I've had it for 15 years now I am on for eye drops to control my pressures in my eyes. I also have to see a glaucoma doctor for the rest of my life and take really good care of my eyes.
How is vision so far?
@@solocare123 it’s ok
So good to know 🙏
I have pigmentary glaucoma and I suspect my twin brother does too. I had a trabeculotomy last week. I am 44. Its been a complete shock!
Woah! How did the surgery go?
Doctor Eye Health Thanks for getting in touch! It’s gone well, however the irritation from the surgery does get a bit much at times. Just over a week now since the surgery. On the steroid drops hourly and back to teaching my lovely senior citizens. As several of them have had the op they understand what I am going through. All my friends joke that I have Rage Virus/Zombie Eye (you can see more on that on my channel), so I’m keeping the sunglasses on, particularly as the iris is not closing properly yet. I know it will take some time to heal so I just have to take it day by day.
How are you now?
Great video as usual . I actually started thinking to become an ophthalmologist because of you .
I wanna ask you afavor , can help me to find more information about glaucoma attack ? ( books , or any source I can use it for my research ) I can't find that many researches about this topic . Thank you
I wish more doctors would give appropriate information on glaucoma to their patients... At least here in my country I feel like they don't because a lot of glaucoma patients come to our store for new glasses and their doctor apparently never told them about how severe their vision loss actually is... It is always sad when he have to break it to them that we can't do anything about it with new glasses and even magnifying glasses may not do that much anymore...
Thank you for explaining Glaucoma , other videos I have watched were confusing. I have CRPS which is a sympathetic nerve disorder and I was wonder if there was any link to now being diagnosed with Glaucoma? The fact that the optic nerve is effected got me wondering , but I couldn't find any info.
I have honestly never heard of any connection. But I will try and look more into it for my own education.
I was diagnosed with glaucoma at age 17. No one even knew I had poor vision until I was 6 and it took 11 years before anyone ever tested me for glaucoma. Being a dumb teenager I thought the doctor was stupid because "glaucoma is something only old people get" so I didn't use the eyedrops like I was supposed to. Glaucoma is nowhere to be found on either side of my family. Fast forward to 2005, I was 42 years old and my first appointment with a new eye doctor, he checked my eyes and then asked me if my teeth were capped. I said no and he said let me see and after a quick look he said just as I thought. At that point I thought the man was a loon but he told me I have Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome and he said it was rare and not a lot was known about it but that it occurs before birth. Funny it took 42 years for anyone to find that! Nowadays if I happen to be at an eye doctor appointment and med students are there I'm asked by my doctor if it is ok for them to come in and take a look, he said it's something they will not likely see in their careers. Of course I always agree to be a guinea pig for them! I'm not so sure it's as rare as once believed though, Have you seen many cases of it?
I was born with type one diabetes and 29 years old now and my blood sugars have never been able to be under good control in fact they are always out of control and running extremely high constantly and now I am experiencing vision loss such as my left eye is like looking through fog in both eyes in general are blurry but Eye Doctor said my iris is letting out a lot of pigment that’s why it’s like looking through fog
Interesting. Pigment dispersion syndrome is when pigment from the iris gets let go. But this really doenst have to do with diabetes. But diabetes can cause swelling of the lens which can make the vision blurred and diabetes can also cause retinal issues which can blur vision.
@@DoctorEyeHealth wow he didn’t say anything like this he also g ave me eye drops that is supposed to help hopefully stop the lense from sticking or something like that but the stopes will keep my pupils dilated until my next appointment when I’m supposed to see the high up eye doc I guess but he couldn’t even give me a new script because he said there’s so much pigment that he can’t even see around it my husband said this doctor seemed like a newb and that probably why has scheduled me to see the higher up doc and thank you so much for replying I hope you can understand what I am typing I really can’t see especially now within the last two days my left eye is pretty much blurred out and looks like I’m looking through fog along with being blurry so yeah it’s really hard to do things right now also the issues that I’m with my eyes honestly can it be fixed?
Is the eye pressure constant or just sometimes?
Another great video! Can you do a video on macular degeneration. thanks!
Hey Meg! Yes! Actually I know a TON about macular degeneration and I have a full series planned for it. Should be coming fairly soon. Thanks for watching😁
Thank you. Very informative. I was recently diagnosed but I don't know what kind. Dr. started me on latanoprobst and I noticed more dry eye, crud and irritation. I go for a follow up next week. I came across your video. I am trying to educate myself so I can ask questions.
Hey Faythe. Thanks so much for watching and I am happy you found the channel! I am also very happy that you are such an advocate for your own health. Yes please ask your doctor questions. If there is ever another topic I could help you with please let me know.
How should your pressure be to keep your vision clesr
Acetazolamide 500mg ordered bus since have low blood pressure & heard side effects of it, I’m scared to take it! Any other medication to help my eye pressure? Or vitamins! Pls let me know
God bless you
What kind of Camera you use, cool videos really
Hey thanks! This video was shot on a canon Rebel SL2, I later upgraded to a Sony A6400 but now I use a Sony a7-4.
I had a blur traumatic incident to my eye two weeks into recovery my iop increased from 16 to 21
Ive been referred to a glaucoma specialist in the near future, will my eye pressure go down till then? And how likely is it to develop into glaucoma?
Why is glaucoma contraindicated with dimenhydrinate (Gravol) use?
do you think that wearing to much glasses to block the uv or sun like gunnar glasses can get the glaucoma worst ... i read somewhere that to be to much in a drak room can get it worst ...
I m confused what does scotoma really mean in subject experience of a glaucoma patient? Do they really black spots as told in some videos or do they see blurry spots? Secondly why do we say scotoma in glaucoma is negative if patient can see the black spot or blurred spots?
What about narrow angles, doctor? I still have normal pressure but was just diagnosed with narrow angles. The doctor suggested laser surgery to put a hole in my iris to prevent angle closure glaucoma. But I heard that scar tissue from the surgery can make it where u need to get it done again and again. And one must use steroid drops for 5 days 4x a day after the surgery and steroid drops themselves can bring on glaucoma. So, does the risk of possible angle closure glaucoma make it prudent to get this preventative laser surgery?
I have a catalyst surgery on my right eye to fix narrowl angle everything in my eye was pretty crowded my lens it was pretty big now I'm having issues I'm having a blur vision so I need an advice from you what should I do is there anything when wrong in surgery
this was helpful,it explains a few things i didn't understand, but can you get glaucoma from a scar on the eye? can you do a video on crossed eyes? and "lazy eye"
& yep my family does does multiple types,& astigmatism(my dad has what he was told was a really rare type of astigmatism , where the eye basicly changes shape with blinking & blood pressure, i think they did a case study on him in the navy but im not sure.(i cant pronounce it well enough to even get spell check to recognize it) & lazy & crossed eyes yay red hair & blue eyes(if we dont have both we have one or the other lol) & here's another question , does anyone else have problems with the dilations stuff lasting over a day? or imi yet again proving myself an alien lol ( i have weird reactions to soo much)
Hey Tialisa! Thanks so much for watching. Glaucoma can result due to truama- mostly due to a condition called angle recession, where the drainage structure gets damaged.
Lazy eye and crossed eyes will be a big topic and I will for sure make a series about that. Hopefully sooner than later. So many topics to cover. 👍
Some people do seem to be more sensitive to dilation drops, however there are different concentrations of those drops and if you let your doctor know beforehand they may be able to use a diluted form that wont last as long. FYI: we do have drops that last over a full week!...if you wanted 😜
@@DoctorEyeHealth lol no thanks lol
Hi, is anyone doing Timolol + Brimonidine therapy (for example Combigan) and has itchy and red eyelids? Do you know any remarks? Useful ointment?
Can it be treated or not?
I had a calorie surgery on my right eye to fix
angles
Can u make a tutorial on ophthalmoscopy? How to perform it
Using a direct ophthalmoscope or a BIO?
An ophthalmoscope plz plz ! Many of us don’t know the proper technique
When you talk about steroid use causing glaucoma is it only drops or oral steroids can cause it too?
Plsss help.does cornea replacement is the treatment to Narrow Angle glaucoma?cause my father has glaucoma and he already past to laser eye drop and eye surgery but still didn't work. And if you already blind is theres still a chance to see again?pls....answer the 2 questions pls help..
I have pigmentary dispersion glaucoma, is this disease also associated with my Nordic heritage? I wasn't sure if it was just pseudoexfoliation glaucoma that you were referring to or both?
I like the newer theme music ;-)
I need help, i was diagnosed with glaucoma 2 years ago, so I have been using Combigan, and today 01/02/2023 I went to a different hospital and I was diagnosed with keratoconus .. my question is can someone get both glaucoma and keratoconus?
So my doctor gave me eyedrops for glacoma, then years later he got arrested for lying to patients and now I think I have inflammatory glaucoma because it has a faded part
Hi doctor eye health!
I have recently diagnosed with closed angle. Pre glaucoma, normal pressurd though. Going for the laser next few days. However recently when the doc used the ganiscope (i think so, the round thing that is put into my eye) on my left eye, i now felt slight pain on my eyeball and slight itch in my eye whites. So shd i still continue my laser which is another 3 days. Am i now having an eye infection from the ganoscopy? Please advise me. Thank ye.
Glad to hear your doctor is being very thorough and it sounds like you understand what is going on. Gonioscopy with a gonio lens is used to better assess the drainage structures inside the eye and can suction onto the eye and cause some irritation and redness. If your having issues it is best to consult your eye doctor and their clinic because they can get your the medication to help. Best to continue with the laser as planned by you and your doctor. I wish you the best!
Hello Doc.. You're awesome.. 1 Qs. I suffered a blunt trauma and corneal abrasion after I got hit by an exercise resistance tube/band on both my eyes about 8 months ago.. Now I feel like I need spectacles to focus..
So, can a blunt trauma also lead to Glaucoma ??
Great question and sorry to hear about the accident. But yes, trauma to the eye can cause glaucoma. Trauma can cause a tear in the iris/angle which we call an angle recession. This can cause issues with drainage and change in eye pressure. Have you seen your local eye doc lately?
@@DoctorEyeHealth Hello awesome DOC.. NO.. I haven't seen..
Here's the reason...
Firstly, I know it's a bit longish.. but I'm just hoping you'll look into this.. cuz you're awesome.. : )
THAT DAY...
I was rushed to an anterior segment specialist nearby the GYM where I got hit badly.. He told me the band snapped so fast that I didn't have time to blink..
About 20 mins post trauma.. My lids were all swollen & I couldn't open them.. so he put some anesthetic drops and forced open my eyes and looked through his equipment (IDK slit lamp maybe)..
Then he did an immediate fluoroscene test and impact wounds were visible on both corneas..
He put me on band aid for 24 hours on both eyes and scheduled for a check up the next day..
Next day, 24 hours post injury.. band aid was removed, blurry/foggy vision with halos around light sources observed..
But I was still happy that I hadn't turned blind..
He guaranteed that my vision will get back to normal within 2 weeks..
Also advised me to stay out of the GYM for at least a month..
He put me on the following:
1. NEVANAC/Nepafenac (NSAID) drops [BUT WHY THIS? ]
2. A lubricant drops
3. Vitamin A eye gel
4. Multivitamin+lutein+zeaxanthin tabs
My vision did get better each day, symptoms subsided and was almost back to normal in about 2 weeks..
HOWEVER, after about a month on the day of the check up (3rd visit) they sent me on the optometrist room and did the regular Alphabet Wall visual acuity test which I did very well... I remember the optometrist telling me "Even though your vision is good now, complications can show up down the road for such eye injuries"...
Right after the test, they continuously put Tropicamide drops for about 20 mins to dilate my pupils and did a retinal exam with bright light..
SINCE THAT 3rd VISIT (RETINAL EXAM).. I am suspecting my vision isn't the same as before...
I felt DRY SCRATCHY EYES.. Stopped using NEVANAC drops.. and lubricating drops too..
I felt like the more I used the lubricating drops the more it was making me dependent on it.. as opposed to naturally producing my own tears for lubing..
SO...
Could the non steroidal NEVANAC/Nepafenac (NSAID) drops have gradually caused blockage.. which they made me use for about a month post injury ??
OR
Could the overdosing of Tropicamide drops while trying to dilate my pupils have done some damage to my previously injured anterior part ??
I trusted the doc and had used the NEVANAC/Nepafenac (non steroidal drops) without reading the leaflet which it came with.. later I found it's used for numbing pain post cataract surgery.. SIDE EFFECTS printed on the leaflet were as may cause slowing down of corneal healing, corneal thinning & perforations.. which is exactly against the nature of treating a wounded cornea.. So why PRESCRIBE that drops ??
NOW.. I'm feeling skeptical of using prescription drops & frustrated and regretful too..
I just hope you can clear some of my doubts & this uneasy feeling..
GOD BLESS :D
@@andrewthiyam8602 hey how are you then? I know this is 2 year old comment but I did experienced one of your treatments especially the lubricating drop as prescription by doctor. It did made your eyes dry? Same. It will really makes your eyes more dry if your using it without you having actual dry eyes. Just saying from my experience. Are they still dry until now?
Why i have blue ring outside of my cornea when a high light focus on it but without light its color gray is that glaucoma
I have two questions 1. Is Surgery recommended for older people 80 Y or more 2. Glaucoma patients and eyeglass
Eyyy congenital glaucoma in the house
I have pigmentation glaucoma
I’ve been scared all my life from this, I have open angle glaucoma in one eye, I used to have two but now I have one cataract in one eye, and I have uveitis. I started developing this around age 4 and now I’m 13 and my vision is pretty bad even in my left eye (bad eye). I just wish I can live normal and not in fear anymore which is why sometimes I feel like killing myself because no one can help me.
Hey Carmel, I know it really sucks . But new breakthroughs are coming. Have faith in God and don't ever hurt yourself. I hope everything works out for you 🙏👍
No I'm the first one to have glaucoma in my family and it's juvenile open and go glaucoma
I dont know
I love your cat! I have a cat
I'm at risk for narrow angle glaucoma. Thank you for explaining the symptoms. My eye doctor didn't explain them too well but he did stress that its a medical emergency. Is narrow angle glaucoma something that develops from normal aging? My aunt had cataracts in her early 50s, should I be concerned about that (I mean do they run in families?)? I have macular degeneration on my father's side. One grandparents with wet and the other with dry. What's the difference between the wet and dry M.D.?
Hey Amy, All very good questions. Some people do become higher risk of Narrow angles as they get older. That is because the lens inside the eye grows larger as we age and that can push the angle closed. Usually people who are farsighted are at a higher risk because their eyes are smaller.
I plan to put out a whole series on AMD in the near future. in short, Wet AMD is when the retinal cells degenerate and new blood vessels leak inside the eye and Dry AMD is when there are no leaking blood vessels but the retinal cells still die off
@@DoctorEyeHealth thank you :) I will be looking forward to the videos!
Do vitamins cause eye pressure and leakage
Not to my knowledge.
I am 62 years old and I recently had cataract surgery to resolve my Closed-Angle Glaucoma. I understand that it is inherited very strongly amongst siblings, in fact ten times higher. I have some half-siblings as well, much younger than me and wondered what the rate might be for them, so if necessary I can warn them. Our connection is my father who had no glaucoma in his family, my mother's mother had a form of glaucoma but I have been unable to establish whether it was the same as mine as it was too long ago and she is no longer alive. I would very much appreciate your thoughts on this as I cannot find any information online. Thank you in advance.😊
how is your vision after the surgery? Has it improved?
Very insightful. I went for my eye exam a week ago. Doc took a picture of each eye to view the optic nerve. All seemed in order. I asked for an IOP test at the end as I am only 24 but am interested in eye health. Left eye measured 19 mmgh and right eye measured 20 mmgh. I will go back in a month's time to see if it's still as high. Praying this is not the onset of glaucoma. I have visual snow so all my life blindness has been my biggest fear resulting in me being very sensitive and noticing changes very quick.
How is it now , what did doc say? I have 19hg mm in right eye and 18 hg mm in left
My vision is change what can I do? Sir
The best thing I think you could do is see a local eye care professional and ask if there is anything wrong and what are your options for correction. Wish you the best.
Does topamax cause glaucoma and are you at an increased risk if you have high myopia?
Topomax can cause a rare condition where the ciliary body will swell and cause increased eye pressure. This is very rare, but possible. Typically this happens when topomax is first started, if it ever happens. Yes, high myopia is associated with increase risk of glaucoma.
Hi doctor i went to the eye doctor today and well they check my pressure it was at 55! And i have pain they refer me to glaucoma specialist they said my nerve was damage im 30 years old i really dont want to loose my vision i regret my cornea transplant so much it made my eye worse help please 😢
How are you now?
So I was diagnosed with glaucoma a few years ago I followed all the recommendations from the professionals, I took their medications - had severe reactions from the "medications" and was given no alternative.
Now what?
(also commented on other video)
Thanks for commenting Jo! If topical meds are not enough, then there are some surgical options for lowering pressure. I would consult with your eye doctor about other surgical treatment options.
@Jo M I just had glaucoma surgery. On both eyes. Same day. The surgeon removed the meshwork and inserted drainage tubes in both eyes. Then, because my right eye was much worse, she also put a big drainage pipe in that eye. Four procedures. And she also did cataract surgery in the same session, but that's another story.
Bottom line is that my eye pressure is down to 11, and everything is looking great!
nora22000 you had glaucoma ? They told me my nerve is damage :(
I have normal pressure glaucoma, my question is if the eye pressure is normal then what causes the damage to the optic nerve ? Also what's the point of using Timolol if the pressure is normal ?
I have this as well...how are you so far?
My vision was perfect but eye pressure is 26 and other eye 23 I m scared I m only 40
Ill give it to you you pulled off the ring light a lot better than many... But as someone who is so focused on eyes- it seems you'd focus on them. Trends are trends... and ring lights arn't even bad- you just arn't supped to use them in direct line with the lens... but it is a shame to see the lighting hijack the absolute fundamentals of the channel. I love your content... just PLEASE consider not following the trends, it diluted the brand.
My BFF has low pressure glaucoma. I have narrow angle glaucoma from the WBC of my panuveitis gumming up the trabecular meshwork. My right is able to be treated with twice daily combigan. My left is another story. In July 2017, I had to have emergency surgery to have an Ahmed glaucoma shunt placed. My IOP was 64 when I saw my glaucoma specialist. I had been on 4 optical glaucoma drops and an oral (which I’m allergic to). They weren’t enough. All the symptoms you listed are what I experienced. If anyone wants to know how bad the pain was, I gladly allowed him to put a needle in my eye to release the fluid. Immediately, the pain went away, and I could see again. Unfortunately, steroid drops do increase my IOPs. Thankfully, with the shunt and Combigan, my IOPs are good. I’m having a uveitis flare right now. Yesterday, my rheumatologist told me I’m her special patient lol Thank you for these videos.
Again, thanks so much for sharing your story. You have for sure seen the eye clinic a whole lot. Glad your doctors were able to help you. Angle closure is never fun.
Doctor Eye Health
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I couldn't imagine going through something so painful. I sure am greatful that I have not been through Glaucoma yet.
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I wish you the best of luck and I have been through Uveitis and Iritis because of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis.
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Family history of Open Angle Glaucoma. I have been told since I was in my teens that I was at higher risk of developing glaucoma, that my option disk was enlarged with the edges looked normal. In the last 2 years my ocular pressures have been around 19 and 20. Do you know at what point do you start medication to decrease eye pressure.
Hey Debashis! Thanks for sharing. There are a lot of factors involved when finally deciding to treat someone for glaucoma, much more than just pressure alone. However, typically when pressures remain upwords of 28mmHG on consistent visits then studies show damage to the nerve is inevitable. How often do you see your eye doctor for pressure checks and additional testing?
Zelda is very cute. I bet she has excellent night vision too.
Thank you!!!! She is great.
I've been getting routine exams and assessments for 5 years now and only because I have large than normal optic nerves. My tests including pressure always come back good.
My question is this:
Can large optic nerves simply be a genetic variant?
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My right eye will tear for no reason and I have been having throbing pain, I had a routine eye exam like 2 months ago and was told everything was fine besisde my eye prescription change, could I still have glaucoma and they just missed it ?
Possibly, but more likely the tearing could be caused by anything from a clogged gland to inflammation to poor eyelid issues. Throbbing pain could be caused by corneal issues or even eye muscle problems. Sorry, I wish I could be more help. You may need another exam. I wish you the best.
that lense is glaucoma
Dear Dr Eye Health , for an EYE Doc you have beautiful eyes . But of course you know this or have been told many , many times .
Seriously , I am scared to death because of my severe glaucoma . I have been seeing Doctors for 35 years . I have lost sight in my right eye . and now the demon has crawled over to my one good eye and it's serious . My Dr. doesn't want to operate because of my age 89 and for the years I've had it . This is a terrible thing to say but I don't want to live anymore if I lose sight in my one good eye . I now this sounds negative , but I'm sure I'm not alone with my human feelings . I'm not a negative mam , I have tried to be good to people and I don't want to brag about how wonderful I am . I 've got friend's and I consider myself a good decent man , but I just pray to God to not let me go bling for the few years I've got left . I've made this too long already , so I'll close now except to say your doing a wonderful job with your eye info . your good to listen to because of your dynamic personality . God bless you , Bob Anderson
My doctor told me my glaucoma cold be hereditary
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eye floaters stop
Yeah I wish it was that easy!
I hope to get more videos out on floaters. good topic.
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Thanks Doc!
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