Contents:
- Medical Video: Glaucoma Surgery
- The cause of eye pressure increases
- Signs and symptoms
- Impact of high eyeball pressure
- Management of ocular hypertension
Medical Video: Glaucoma Surgery
Hypertension or high blood pressure you may have heard often. However, did you know that even eyeballs can get hypertension? This condition is called ocular hypertension or increased eye pressure. If left unchecked, this can lead to the occurrence of glaucoma which later makes you lose vision.
So, what causes high pressure on the eyeball and what are the symptoms like? Find all the answers in the following review.
The cause of eye pressure increases
Ocular hypertension refers to a condition where the pressure in the eye (intraocular pressure) is higher than normal. When measuring using a tonometer, normal eye pressure is around 10-21 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg). So, when your eyeball pressure exceeds 21 mm Hg, it indicates you have ocular hypertension.
The cause of high eye pressure is not known exactly. However, broadly speaking ocular hypertension occurs when the production of aqueous humor is not balanced and the drainage channels that normally drain fluid from the eyes do not function properly.
Therefore, excessive fluid production cannot be drained because the front of the eye cannot drain fluids properly. As a result, the amount of fluid in the eye increases and the pressure on the eyeball increases.
Signs and symptoms
Ocular hypertension most often occurs in people with a history of previous ocular hypertension, farsightedness, or diabetes. Well, most people who experience ocular hypertension do not feel any signs or symptoms. Therefore, you need to have your eyes checked regularly to avoid the development of glaucoma which can cause damage to the optic nerve.
However, keep in mind that ocular hypertension is not the same as glaucoma. In the condition of ocular hypertension, the optic nerve looks normal and there are no signs of loss of vision, while glaucoma means that you have completely lost sight.
However, people with ocular hypertension often lead to suspected glaucoma or suspected glaucoma. That means you should immediately see an ophthalmologist on a regular basis to check your eye health whether or not at risk for glaucoma or not.
Impact of high eyeball pressure
The higher the pressure on the eye, the optic nerve in the eye will experience interference and can continue to glaucoma. When it reaches glaucoma, it means that the optic nerve has suffered severe damage, causing loss of vision.
Intraocular pressure can increase with age. It's the same as the risk of glaucoma which increases as you age. If you have reached the age of 40, you need to be anxious because you run the risk of developing ocular hypertension and primary open-angle glaucoma.
Some studies report that women are more at risk of experiencing intraocular pressure, especially after menopause. Whereas men who experience intraocular pressure are at high risk for glaucoma disease.
Management of ocular hypertension
Handling eye pressure generally prevents it from reaching the stage of glaucoma.
If the ophthalmologist prescribes medicines to help reduce the pressure in your eyes, use the medicine correctly and obey the instructions from the doctor. Because if not done, further intraocular pressure will increase. As a result, you will be more at risk of experiencing optic nerve damage and permanent vision loss or glaucoma.
Drugs that are usually given in the form of drops.Make regular visits 3-4 times a week since starting treatment. If the medication given works well and does not cause side effects, it will be continued and reevaluated for 2-4 months later.
