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What is bad about high eye pressure?

Ocular hypertension means the pressure in your eyes — your intraocular pressure (IOP) — is higher than normal. Left untreated, high eye pressure can cause glaucoma and permanent vision loss in some individuals.

What happens if high eye pressure is not treated?

High eye pressure, if left untreated, may damage the optic nerve and could result in vision loss or blindness, a condition known as glaucoma. Monitoring IOP is essential to the early detection of glaucoma which is the leading cause of blindness in the United States.

Can you treat high eye pressure?

Glaucoma is treated by lowering your eye pressure (intraocular pressure). Depending on your situation, your options may include prescription eyedrops, oral medications, laser treatment, surgery or a combination of any of these.

Can anger increase eye pressure?

Some studies have suggested that psychological stress can increase eye pressure. The relationship is not known, though it may be that certain hormones and chemicals released during times of stress can affect receptors in the eye.

What can worsen glaucoma?

Consuming a high trans fatty acid diet can result in damaging the optic nerve. You should avoid foods like baked goods such as cookies, cakes, donuts or fried items like French fries or stick margarine to steer clear from worsening your glaucoma. It may also improve your eye health.

How many years does it take to go blind from glaucoma?

Glaucoma is a slowly progressing problem. On an average, untreated Glaucoma takes around 10-15 years to advance from early damage to total blindness.

Can you have high eye pressure without vision loss?

For most people with high eye pressure, there is no vision loss present. Because having high eye pressure puts you at an increased risk of glaucoma, you might experience several symptoms together. Most of the time, there are few, if any, symptoms of intraocular eye pressure that is not related to glaucoma.

Are You at risk of developing high eye pressure?

People over the age of 40 are considered at risk for developing both high eye pressure and open-angle glaucoma. Developing the condition sooner than the age of 40 could mean that you have a greater risk of optic nerve damage. What Does Normal Pressure In Your Eyes Feel Like?

What happens if you don’t treat high intraocular pressure?

Not doing so could result in a further increase in intraocular pressure that can lead to optic nerve damage and permanent vision loss (i.e, glaucoma). The goal of medical treatment is to reduce the pressure before it causes glaucomatous loss of vision.

Do people with high eye pressure need early treatment for glaucoma?

“It’s clear that people with high eye pressure and high risk of developing glaucoma do benefit from early medical treatment,” says Michael A. Kass, M.D., lead investigator of the OHTS study. “But we have learned that not everyone with high pressure is at high risk.” The OHTS study ran from 1994-2009.