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Ocular Glaucoma
Longer Age Term from OH to Glaucoma?
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I’m curious….let’s say there was a person who was diagnosed with ocular hypertension at age 21 years old, and another person who is also diagnosed with the same condition at age 40. Would the 21 year old have a bigger chance of getting glaucoma than the 40 year old [...]
Home tonometers
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"Tony W." <tony_f…@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3F9E1A58.B56BAA35@hotmail.com… > How can I get a home tonometer? > Go to > How much do they cost? > My recollection is that it cost about $70-$80. > How reliable are they? > How can I find out more information about them?
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Invitation to 'test our test' for finding hidden blindspots in your field of vision
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Another problem I see right off the bat….the test instructions are very difficult to read due to background colour and poor definition of print…as a person with a very restricted visual field, problems with glare and poor acuity, I find white on black and black on white the best with at [...]
nutritional suppliments
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I heard that yesterday too…was wondering the same thing! — Helen ————————————— http://home.attbi.com/~hkolln66 "mark robey" <mro…@gatewayone.com> wrote in message
news:7P5T9.1841$io.83472@iad-read.news.verio.net… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Do these help?? Ocular nutrition is one popular brand that claims to have > helped people with glaucoma and [...]
combination therapy of glaucoma
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Measuring units for Glaucoma???
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Hi Ian, Thank you for your answer. And yes, my ophtalmologist says it is congenital glaucoma with no doubt. I still don’t understand something and I hope that you can clarify it. The IOP in right eye is measured to be 2 units, while the IOP on left eye is [...]
Vaying eye pressure
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Hi AnAires, What you say is wholley consistent with what the optician suggested and what the Eye Hospital doctor seemed to discard. The optician said her father has glaucoma so I imagine her attention is well focussed (pun accidental) on the possibility that a sporadic high measurement could be a precursor [...]
Information Request
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with reference how many optometrists use anaesthetic in testing IOP I attended a recent optometry conference and the answer to your question seemed to be approx 50% of British optometrists in the room were using applanation tonometry most instilling either 4% benoxinate or proxymetacaine with fluorescein. regarding question is it possible [...]
Eyeworld Week
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the second subject in the eyeworld post "pneumatic Trab" is quite intersting in that Dr Ann Chan at Willis has used(what appears)a simalar method which has its orgins in a nearly 40 year old device for years (prehaps 20) sometimes at the deristion of her fellow Practioners, she uses this post [...]
HMOs and glaucoma, defering Rx, awaiting optic nerve damage?
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i have now been to my local HMO where I have been told that my IOP is elevated. I cant remember the exact number, but it was 2x normal pressure. BUT — "no Optic Nerve Damage, Mr Boatright," they took pictures, and sent me along my way for another check in 6 [...]