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Nearly four weeks ago I wrote the blog post about my intraocular pressure reaching a record low of 6.7 mmHg as measured by the Reichert Ocular Response Analyzer.
It is time to start Chapter Two of my blog. I believe there will be many more chapters. However, it feels like Chapter One has come to a close.
Tonight, when I walked in from having dinner with friends from out of town, the first thing I did was check my intraocular pressure. It was 6.7 mmHg. This is a new record low for me.
Paresh posted an excellent message about dealing with glaucoma in the FitEyes.com forums. He asked seven great questions. I decided to do my best to respond to each question. I'm going to take them one at a time. Paresh's first question was , "what we can do in daily life to limit further damage to eyes?" This blog post is my first response.
I am just recently diagnosed with glaucoma in both my eyes.
Let me give some background. I work for University in US and was visiting India
for routine family visit. Went for routine eye check-up
Hello all,
White coat hypertension (or white coat syndrome) is a widely recognized blood pressure phenomenon. However, white coat ocular hypertension is not yet recognized by the medical community. One of the first reports of white coat ocular hypertension was published Tuesday, April 24, 2007 here on my blog in an article titled White Coat Syndrome for Eye Pressure.
Today's article represents a follow up to that first report. The purpose of this experiment was to determine if my intraocular pressure is again different when measured in the doctors office compared to when measured at home.
I define white coat ocular hypertension as a situation where patients exhibit elevated eye pressure (intraocular pressure) in the doctor's office but lower eye pressure at home (or in similar situations where they are comfortable). Patients with white coat ocular hypertension will often experience elevated eye pressure under stressful situations other than the physician's office. My data reported below and in the first report of white coat ocular hypertension fit this definition well.
I have strong evidence that I exhibit a white coat syndrome for intraocular pressure (eye pressure). First, let me provide some background on white coat syndrome.
I think this one image tells a great story. It presents new data and it presents it in a way we haven't seen before on my blog.
I've written several articles about the very clear relationship between my eye pressure and my stress levels. As I pointed out (in the comments to that article), the standard medical opinion is that stress does not affect eye pressure (intraocular pressure).
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