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Wearing of glasses causes glaucoma?

Question:

Steve wrote, in part: >If the relation between decreased eye >flexing and increased eye clogging is >true, then eye exercises and massage may >help prevent glaucoma in myopics. >What do you think about that?  Anybody >read any relevant research on this?<

There was a post in this newsgroup three or four months ago to this effect from a specialist who had developed a program along these lines. I presented the post to an ophthalmologist who did not feel  it  was anything new or especially interesting.

Response:

I have read that one of the factors that is related to glaucoma is myopia.   Myopia usually occurs at a younger age.  Then the myopic person usually wears glasses for the rest of his life. Glasses restrict the range of motion of the eyes.  Since a person can’t see clearly past the frame of his lenses, the eyes usually don’t look past them. When the person wearing glasses has to see something to one side he just turns his head instead of rotating his eyes way over to the side. The restriction of motion of the eyes reduces the natural flexing of the eye that would occur when the eye is rotated to its extremes. The reduction of the natural flexing of the eye might allow the fluid drainage channels in the eye to clog more than if more natural flexing were occurring. If the relation between decreased eye flexing and increased eye clogging is true, then eye exercises and massage may help prevent glaucoma in myopics. What do you think about that?  Anybody read any relevant research on this? Steve

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