My son is 26 yrs old and was diagnosed soon after birth with retinopathy of prematurity. The retina has detached and has been reattached via laser surgery. He can see shadows and can count fingers but not really see. Now his new opthalmologist says his eye pressure is 25, Does a blind person have the same risk of glaucoma?
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yes.
it doesn’t matter if you can see out of the eye or not you can still develop glaucoma.
“normal” pressure usually ranges from about 10-18. once the eye pressure reaches 21+ there becomes cause for concern and treatment is usually recommended.
so your son will most likely be prescribed eye drops to help lower the pressure a bit.
i’m 23 and i’ve had 4 retinal detachments (twice in each eye). i developed glaucoma from the silicon oil used in the surgery and lost my vision in my left eye. luckily i can still see out of my right eye though. eye drops to lower the eye pressure worked well for my right eye but did not work well enough for the left eye so i had a tiny tube placed in that eye to help lower the pressure. at this point my glaucoma is completely under control. (usually between 12-15 in both eyes)