Responding to Pressure

Glaucoma, the eye disorder that damages the optic nerve and can lead to visual impairment and blindness, has traditionally been linked to abnormally high inner eye pressure. However, although elevated eye pressure is a key risk factor for glaucoma http://www.neovisioneyecenter.com/glaucoma.html, the optic nerve is sometimes susceptible to damage even at pressures that are considered to be normal. In fact, studies show that eye pressure is virtually always normal in as many as half of those with open-angle glaucoma, the most common form of the condition. Thus, it comes as little surprise that about half of Americans with glaucoma have not yet been diagnosed, mainly because too much emphasis has been placed on eye pressure as a diagnostic tool.

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P.S. People of African-American ancestry are four times more likely to develop open-angle glaucoma than others, which indicates a moderately strong genetic tendency for the condition.

Shobha Tandon, MD, PhD, is an Ophthalmologist and Medical Director of NeoVision Eye Center with offices at 2 Union Square in Union City, CA and at 2500 Hospital Drive, Bldg 11 in Mountain View, CA.