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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Glaucoma / January 2004Glaucoma/Ocular Hypertension
When does ocular hypertension become glaucoma? I have been using Xalatan and AlphaganP for the last 5 years to keep my pressure around 23. So far my visual field tests and physical eye exams show no sign of nerve damage. Still, most doctors refer to my condition as glaucoma rather than ocular hypertension. I am a member of a Health Maintenance Organization and have never been referred to a glaucoma specialist. I have always been treated by an Ophthalmologist. He does see a lot of glaucoma patients but this is not his specialty. I sometimes wonder if I would benefit from being seen by someone who specializes in glaucoma. Hi, If you don't have optic nerve damage, you don't have glaucoma, as I learned. But the expert in this damage is a glaucoma specialist. I would see one as soon as possible. General opthalmologists know almost nothing about glaucoma, as far as I could verify. Good luck. Looker ( a glaucoma sufferer, not a doctor) > When does ocular hypertension become glaucoma? I have been using Xalatan > and AlphaganP for the last 5 years to keep my pressure around 23. So far my [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > specialty. I sometimes wonder if I would benefit from being seen by someone > who specializes in glaucoma. > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Looker ( a glaucoma sufferer, not a doctor) While it is true that you must have optic nerve damage to have glaucoma (all others I call glaucoma suspects, which is essentially the same as ocular hypertension), it is NOT true that general ophthalmologist know nothing about glaucoma. Keep in mind that 20-30% of all patients in a general ophthalmologist's office are there for management of glaucoma. You can't possibly see that amount of glaucoma and know nothing about it. Yes, I personally would rather see a glaucoma specialist, but not everyone has that luxury depending upon where you live. --Rick Cohn, MD Glaucoma Specialist Winter Park, FL Dear highly estimated Rick, Maybe I have bad luck with them, or when I read their definitions about the disease in their website. :)) Looker( a long time glaucoma sufferer, not a doctor) On 17 Jan 2004 08:21:03 -0800, eyeguyrc@aol.com (Rick Cohn, M.D.) wrote: >looker@firstpobox.com (Looker) wrote in message news:<926da283.0401121247.fdeabdb@posting.google.com>... >> Hi, >> >> If you don't have optic nerve damage, you don't have glaucoma, as I >> learned. But the expert in this damage is a glaucoma specialist. I >> would see one as soon as possible. General opthalmologists know almost >> nothing about glaucoma, as far as I could verify. >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >the same as ocular hypertension), it is NOT true that general >ophthalmologist know nothing about glaucoma. Keep in mind that 20-30% >of all patients in a general ophthalmologist's office are there for >management of glaucoma. You can't possibly see that amount of [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Glaucoma Specialist >Winter Park, FL Oops, websites. > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > specialty. I sometimes wonder if I would benefit from being seen by someone > > who specializes in glaucoma. |
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