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It is a very interesting answer Sherry and I was also wondering about PRK (or similar) for quite the same reasons. (But I’m less myopic). I know we are some people who want to know more about this from different sources beauce opinions vary from country to country and doctor to doctor. So, if someone has more info, please, post. Thanks again – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -SherDH wrote: > In article <345D12AC.18F9D…@hal-pc.org>, larry <lw…@hal-pc.org> writes: >  Would like to have PRK "surgery" because I > >also have very poor vision.  But cannot because FDA regs say that this > >will cause problems (cataracts {because of the cortisone needed for an > >anti-inflammitory treatment might lead to cataracts]. > I don’t know what your Rx is (I’m -12.25 in my worse eye and -9.5 in the > better eye) and I was asking my opth about PRK surgery (I’ve also got > glaucoma based on elevated IOP and disk cupping–which could be related to > the hi myopia–no visual field loss).  He recommended LASIK, which he says > is more accurate and quicker to heal with less meds.  I haven’t heard about > the cataract problem.  I know several people who have had PRK and have had > stupendous results. > I don’t know where you live, but the London Eye Clinic in Vancouver BC has > been doing the surgery for many years and my opth felt it would be better > to go there than locally as they’ve been doing it much longer (I’m in the > Seattle area). > The one caveat for glaucoma patients who have the surgery is that the > surgery will cause an artifically high IOP reading.  My opth said that can > be overcome if the pressure is stable before surgery by taking three > readings afterwards and if those are stable, count that as the new "normal" > for you. > Do investigate the surgery.  Great progress has been made in the technique > and meds.

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On Tue, 04 Nov 1997 17:13:16 GMT, bo…@tiac.net (Ray Bonar) wrote: >this, the prolonged steroids can cause glaucoma.

Is there a strong correlation to this, or is it currently just theorized? my opthamolgist keeps asking if I am on steroids for asthma, the answer keeps being no :-) brian — Brian. D. Moffet, speaking for myself. But you should know that :-)           http://alar.scruz.predictive.com

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she…@aol.com (SherDH) wrote: ………….. >The one caveat for glaucoma patients who have the surgery is that the >surgery will cause an artifically high IOP reading.  My opth said that can >be overcome if the pressure is stable before surgery by taking three >readings afterwards and if those are stable, count that as the new "normal" >for you.

More glaucoma-pressure idiocy.  Just try and figure out what kind of rationality is involved in this little dance. Ray

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Hi,     I’m newly diagnosed with open-angle glaucoma and I can tell you that yes, prednisone taken for my asthma caused this condition.  I have been on prednisone for several years, and glaucoma is just one of the ways that it’s taken its toll. (BTW my pressure was 28 at diagnosis and I showed impaired peripheral vision, damage to the retina and damage to the optic nerve.)  I guess I look at it by saying, if I don’t breathe (use the prednisone), I won’t see anyway!   Kelly KMarsh4

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Hi Sherry; she…@aol.com (SherDH) wrote: >The one caveat for glaucoma patients who have the surgery is that the >surgery will cause an artifically high IOP reading.  My opth said that can >be overcome if the pressure is stable before surgery by taking three >readings afterwards and if those are stable, count that as the new "normal" >for you. >Sherry

Dr. Robert Ritch responds that you have it backwards. The surgery causes an artificially LOW reading, making it more difficult to detect glaucoma in highly myopic patients who have LASIK done. In addition to this, the prolonged steroids can cause glaucoma.

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