Is having "ocular hypertension" (in other words, being a glaucoma suspect) a LIFELONG CONDITION OR DISEASE, just like glaucoma? Or could people no longer be a glaucoma suspect, and never have glaucoma?
I am just curious, since I am a glaucoma suspect since age 21 in in the early 1990s. I currently take Lumigan eye drops to prevent getting glaucoma (the highest eye pressure I had was 28 without medication).
Thanks for any of you who can answer my questions.
Answer:
Typically if you have been labelled as being a "glaucoma suspect" it means that during the eye exam, risk factors for glaucoma were identified. Such risk factors include a positive family history, elevated eye pressure, among other things. Usually these risk factors are stable.
One exception is the eye pressure. It fluctuates a lot. It various throughout the day, and from day to day. If a person is nervous or anxious when the pressures are being read (which is normal!), and holds their breath, then the eye pressure can increase (significantly). Perhaps this is what your doctor meant, "luv", when you were told that you were making your eye pressure fluctuate!
One exception is the eye pressure. It fluctuates a lot. It various throughout the day, and from day to day. If a person is nervous or anxious when the pressures are being read (which is normal!), and holds their breath, then the eye pressure can increase (significantly). Perhaps this is what your doctor meant, "luv", when you were told that you were making your eye pressure fluctuate!
