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2. Intraocular pressure - Wikipedia

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   Intraocular pressure (IOP) is the fluid pressure inside the eye. Tonometry is the method eye care professionals use to determine this. IOP is an important aspect in the evaluation of patients at risk of glaucoma. [1] Most tonometers are calibrated to measure pressure in millimeters of mercury .

3. Ocular hypertension - Wikipedia

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   Ocular hypertension is the presence of elevated fluid pressure inside the eye (intraocular pressure), usually with no optic nerve damage or visual field loss. [1] [2]For most individuals, the normal range of intraocular pressure is between 10 mmHg and 21 mmHg. [3]

4. Glaucoma - Wikipedia

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   A study with 1636 persons aged 40-80 who had an intraocular pressure above 24 mmHg in at least one eye but no indications of eye damages showed that after five years 9.5% of the untreated participants and 4.4% of the treated participants had developed glaucomatous symptoms, meaning that only about one in ten untreated people with elevated ...

5. Normal tension glaucoma - Wikipedia

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   Over many years, glaucoma has been defined by an intraocular pressure of more than 20 mm Hg. Incompatible with this (now obsolete) definition of glaucoma was the ever larger number of cases that have been reported in medical literature in the 1980s and 1990s who had the typical signs of glaucomatous damage, like optic nerve head excavation and thinning of the retinal nerve fiber layer, while ...

6. Snellen chart - Wikipedia

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   Another calculation for United States clinics using 20-foot chart distances (slightly more than 6 m), and using a 17 mm model eye for calculations, and a letter which subtends 5 minutes of arc, gives a vertical height of the 20/20 letter to be 8.75 mm. [8] Acuity charts are used during many kinds of vision examinations, such as "refracting" the ...

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8. Trabeculectomy - Wikipedia

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   Trabeculectomy is a surgical procedure used in the treatment of glaucoma to relieve intraocular pressure by removing part of the eye's trabecular meshwork and adjacent structures. It is the most common glaucoma surgery performed and allows drainage of aqueous humor from within the eye to underneath the conjunctiva where it is absorbed.

9. What is a normal blood pressure reading? - AOL

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   In fact, he made her do it again -- and he called her new 144 over 92 reading "much better." He also recommends having both feet on the ground and yours eyes closed during the reading. Regarding ...