Glaucoma eye test?!
Question:
Glaucoma eye test?
I recently had a glaucoma test at the hospital and i am certian she told me the pressure behind my right eye was 5 and behind my left eye was 6. does anyone know what this means ? also i have been given drops to put in each eye, but sometimes i think i miss my left eye and it just runs down my face, should i try again or not ?
Answers:
WHen I put drops in, I lay down on the bed or floor. I close both eyes, put a drop in the nasal corner of each eye and then open and close again. the drop goes righ in with the gravity. IF you have a hard time doing this, have someone else put them in the corner of your eye for you. If it calls for more than one drop, do it again! This is a trick we use with children too when they have pink eye and need drops and are scared. About pressure. High pressure does not make glaucoma. Low pressure does not mean you do not have glaucoma. However, the readings are different and the numbers are different depending on the machine that was used. In our office, a reading of 5 would be really low. A 20 would be normal to high. So, different measuring techniques are defined differently. I would really go to an Ophthalmologist and see what they say, I am not sure why you were in the hospital, so that is a mystery, but going to a specialist would seem prudent! Good luch with the drops! O^O