Eye Pressure Test

christin · Silver Member Joined: 08 Jan 2000 Posts: 219

Please, tell me how can one have high eye pressure and not have glaucoma? At what high range do the eye drops start? I had tested recently it was 31mm hg.

stachowicz · Newbie Joined: 30 May 2005 Posts: 22

Normal pressure in the eye is between 12-21mm hg. I guess you are in group of people that are fortunate in that their optic nerves can tolerate pressures outside this range. If there are no other signs of glaucoma then high pressures can be followed and simply observed, although most docs will treat a pressure greater than 30mm Hg.

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I was recently diagnoised with psuedotumor. It is a condition where your body reacts as if there is a tumor in your head when there is not. This causes the eye pressure to raise. I have recently read that eye pressure can flucuate largely over times of day. I always see my specialist at the same time of day. Should he be checking it during an earlier part of the day to compare? I am not very happy with this doctor but can not find another neuro-opthmologist in my area.

cpendy · Newbie Joined: 22 Jul 2008 Posts: 2

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