@@BrokebackBob I have a full therapeutic license for prescribing medical treatment and management of glaucoma in the state of Minnesota. Most states license optometrists to manage and treat glaucoma because of our extensive training.
@@BrokebackBob narrow angle is a different cookie to crack. Most people with narrow angle require a laser treatment called an LPI to create an extra drainage Avenue through the iris to prevent angle closure and high eye pressures. Oftentimes early cataract surgery can solve this issue as well.
Hi... my father had glaucoma... he had done operation many years ago from local hospital but things did not work.. now he cannot see, now a local clinic doctor suggest him some drops to increase eyes pressure.. but things are not working... can you tell me any treatment for him please...
When I was first suspected with glaucoma, I feel my life is changed. It was a very down time. I then went to see specialist and was told having high risk but not yet develop it. I hope, really hope, there will be a way to reverse and regenerate the dead optic nerve. I hope everyone with such disease, can be treated efficiently.
My sight is fully restored and I’m free from glaucoma after many years. I got cured with the help of Dr Oyalo whom I met on RU-vid and his remedy work for me perfectly
I was diagnosed with glaucoma a few months ago. My pressures were 26 and 27. I was put on Xylanatan, and the pressure is 21 and 20. I have been offered laser, and am due for my next appointment, where I will decide what to do. Although the diagnosis has changed my life, I am glad that there are treatment that can save my vision.
In late March I had a marathon 7 hours where the surgeon did EVERYTHING in BOTH eyes: 1. Cataract surgery--regular lenses. 2. Small stents for glaucoma in both eyes. 3. Removed mesh work in both eyes. 4. A big drainage pipe in the right eye. I can see all the way to China now. No more bifocal progression lenses, no more correction lenses. I got 20/20 now, where I used to have 20/950. No more eyeglasses! I got pressure down to 11 and 10 in my eyes. I am still on post-op drops, but it is amazing to have normal eye pressure as that will arrest the deterioration of my optic nerve dramatically whether I have to continue some drops--or not. I have never had any surgery before of any kind. This is a phenomenal result, and I am very grateful.
I am so glad I found your videos. I'm 38, my left eye has strabismus and amblyopia and had muscle surgery 15 years ago. It was around that time when my eye doctor noticed elevated pressures, and I've had elevated pressures since then. My last annual exam, the eye doctor said she noticed cupping in my right eye and referred me to a glaucoma specialist. I'm already blind in my left eye this is all pretty scary.
Omg.Pretty much the same.My left eye is 20%vision and i have Glaucoma in both eyes.The worst part is that my good eye is most affected by Glaucoma.Im scared
My grandma uses eye drops and also had LASIK a few years ago to help her glaucoma my grandma is doing very well her optometrist is happy with how she's going
@@DoctorEyeHealth i was supposed to have one last year but i never went but i'm waiting for a appointment with an opthalmologist but i haven't got a appointment date yet my doctor referred me to the opthalmologist because of my migraines and wants to make sure that the migraines i get have nothing to do with my eyes i'm on a preventative for my migraines which really helps i've also got (itp) idiopathic throbocytopenic purpura which means i have a low platelet count i had to have my spleen removed after trying all treatments available my splenectomy didn't end up working so i'm on nplate its a weekly injection that's meant to help my platelet count so far its working i wonder if people with (itp) can have eye problems as well thanks for replying Here's a link about itp if your interested in reading it www.rch.org.au/kidsinfo/fact_sheets/Idiopathic_thrombocytopenic_purpura_ITP/
Had blurry vision in my left eye and headaches, started using eyedrop and 2 days later, I got my vision fully back. I've been on drops for 3 weeks now, and I dont have any headaches or eye pain anymore and the treatment is kinda cheap too. Thank God for good medications and doctors. And thank you for the video.
@@shaukatthanekar4734 it's called Misopt. Btw, I'm Nigerian so the medication could be unavailable in your location. Better yet, let a doctor prescribe the medication that's best for you.
@@pdswrld5200 yeah, it's a glocoma medication, and my eye pressure went from 31 to 20 in just a month. But please, let a doctor prescribe a medication that's best for you, because glaucoma is a very complicated disease.
Thank you so very much for this video! I have learned so much and now having Glaucoma doesn't seem so scary look forward to "seeing" and learning more from you
For me glaucoma is like college because you have to work hard to keep your eyesight my doing the homework your glaucoma specialist gives you meaning taking your eye drops and the coming to the doctor for medical care. In college you have to work hard and do your work and come to class so you don't fail. With collagen glaucoma if you don't do your homework or come to your appointments, you are going to fail losing your eyesight and your education!
Western medication forever can't effectively treat and reverse high tension POAG (primary open angle glaucoma). Why? The culprits of high tension POAG are: a. oxidative stress, free radicals b. AGEs (advanced glycation endproducts) c. lipofuscin God's mercy nano-grade eye drops should be the last-ditch treatment for high tensiion POAG. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iswRngmN-cY.html All glory belongs to God !
My favorite glaucoma treatment are the drops because that is non-evasive. I was told, today, that I had open angle glaucoma and they want to have some kind of laser surgery. No one mentioned that there were drops for lowering the pressure in the eyes. I will talk to the ophthalmologist about using drops as a first resort when I see him next week.
Exactly I was discovered with glaucoma few months back it's been almost a year & when I got told about it after the x-ray they told me I might need surgery but never mentioned me I could take any sort of eye drops but I will ask to knowing surgery can be a risk
The first thing that they did for me was to give me eye drops at the hospital to lower the pressure. They also gave me a prescription for eye drops to take twice a day. Next they did the laser thing to lower the pressure, while still on eye drops. Go back next week to find out how it worked (or didn't work). If it didn't then I might need eye surgery. Hope to avoid that if possible.
I would recommend testing for diabeties and removing sugar and grains from diet. I had high pressures for 10 years until I was diagnosed with diabeties.
I've had what's called a peripheral iridotomy done on BOTH my eyes, as I have glaucoma (open and closed-angle) and I take timolol twice a day; once in the morning and once before I go to bed at night!
Excellent presentation. I recommend this video as the first introduction to Glaucoma treatment options. I have used prostaglandins for many years. Each time I change eye doctors they put me on different drops. I am now on Rhopresa and Lumigan drops at night. They do lower my pressure. Now a new eye doctor is pushing SLT treatment. In the past I had tried Latanoprost which did not work though it was cheaper than Lumigan. Also tried Alphagan 3 times a day with Lumigan and it worked but was too difficult to manage the eye drop routine.
Thank you Doctor for the wonderful advice. I have high pressure in both eyes. I didn't realize there were so many options for treatment. Thank you so much. I appreciate you.
Thank you Doctor so much. Was just diagnosed with open angled glaucoma. Lots of worries and questions. On Lumigan drops now. Doctor says it’s mild. Your video and overall explanation and attitude just amaZing! Will be definitely watching more of you. Thank you!
Hey! Glad you liked the video! Happy to hear your seeing your doctor and that things are mild for you. Wish you the best! please let me know if you have any other questions I can help with,
I passed field test.(I think that’s the name). All other tests results came normal. No edema. No irritations. Doctor keeps on saying it’s mild and it’s good news. Should I avoid hot saunas and other physical activities? I know yoga is not recommended which was never my thing. Overall living a normal life and continue with drops IS my thing now!
I have had LOTS of glaucoma treatments. One that didn’t work so well for me was the express shunt. My bubble collapsed unfortunately. I now have a tube in my right eye that I don’t think is performing so well anymore after some years. This is definitely a serious disease.
Thank you very much for your information. Since last February, I've been prescribed four different Prostaglandin Analogs which caused me side effects and one of them - Latanoprost by Alcon prevented me from reading by chopping up the print in the book, on the TV and computer. I freaked thinking I was going blind. Last month, my ophthalmologist recommended Xelpros which has been successful in decreasing pressure below 20 and eliminating obvious annoying side effects.
Glaucoma sucks. Lost my eye 6 years ago due to i. My doctor said it was the worst case he had ever seen. I had 2 tubes in my eye and had 8 surgeries o. It
Has a trabeculectomy last month on one eye. Recovery is way more difficult then I thought. Dealing the stitches scratch the eye lid drove me nuts for two weeks. My next follow up is in a few day. Drops and laser was not doing the trick. Pressure dropped from mid/high 20’s to 4-5. Still healing. Keep up the vids. Would like to see one on recovery’s after surgeries and what to expect.
Hey thanks for sharing. I hope things continue to improve for you and the pressure stays low. I have been hoping to make more videos about surgeries too, will probably start with more common ones like cataract surgery. But hopefully in time I will have ones about more complex surgeries such as a trab. I wish you the best and thanks for watching.
@@joanneramsey7723 ended up getting a Trabeculectomy done in both eyes. Right eye first and left eye 2 months later. You can’t even tell I had the surgery. My eye pressure before surgery were both in the low 30’s. Because of Covid and not knowing if and when the surgeon would get an other chance they did them both close to each other in time. But I had massive multiple vision. Example when I looked up at the moon I would see like 9 of them. The way my Dr. describe it to me is a balloon over inflated and now is under inflated and the back of my eye was all crinkled making me see multiple. Been about 2.5 years since both eyes were done. Currently eye pressures at sitting at 9 and 8. I can still see, but one eye is not the best. However, my eye dr said if I did not get the surgery when I did they would have pulled my drivers license. I can work and still drive just took about a year to feel comfortable enough to get back to normal.
I am getting yag laser lridotomy surgery since I have glaucoma in both eyes. I just found out 2 days ago I am freaking out. Thank u for this video I am 41yrs very healthy person.
Also look up David Sinclair. He’s a Scientist who’s in the final r&d stages of actually reversing the negative effects in terms of the Retina and optic nerve. Kinda interesting.
That was a great overview. Im getting ready to have surgery on my right eye next month. Been on Simbrinza, Vyzulta and Rocklatan for last 3 yrs. Had 2 laser surgeries that lasted 18mos. Hoping this more invasive surgery works and with little complication.🙏
I have open angle glaucoma ROP ( Retinopathy of prematurity ) I got the OAG due to sudden eye pressure rising four times First 94 seconded 66 Third 64 Fourth 55 Fun fact the eye pressure that is safe is 20 or below Anything above that means it’s going up slowly
My mom just got diagnosed with glaucoma and we’re all sad and worried. Anyone on here that has positive stories to share or hope that everything will be okay 😞.
Hello, thank you very much for your clear elucidation about glaucoma. The video is great and very helpful. A month ago both of my eyes had done a glaucoma surgery. Now I am recovering my eyes sight, unfortunately I am currently having suffer from a blurry vision and at night I see all lights sparkling and seems that the whole city is covered with Christmas lights. Please help me What should I do. Waiting for you kindly reply.
Just a comment about brimonidine. Using these eye drops caused a decrease in my blood pressure of about 30 numbers(?). For instance,if my bp was 150/76 the medication would lower it to 120/60 (which was great - but if my bp was 120/68 the medication would lower it to 90/56). Unfortunately, it wasn't effective in lowering my IOP and medication had to be changed. Dr. is still working on trying to find an effective med. The "expensive one" is the next option. And I nearly fell off my chair when $400 was mentioned, Working with my insurance co. for an affordable price. Thanks for the information which you give us. It's most helpful.
I got glasses 3 years ago. I got my optometrists notes and found out i had Glaucoma. Binocular vision dysfunction and high Myopia. I did not get any information and still have struggled with clear sight. I am going to try contact lenses. As i have been told with -16.5 / -17.5 prescription it will be a amazing.
I'm taking three drops in both eyes. Two in the morning and three at night. Adopt, Combigan and Travatan and I don't miss a drop. My right eye is really bad and I'm going to see a specialist next week. I've been on melds for 5 years and now I'm 62. It's kinda scary to lose your sight. So, I don't miss my drop.
My son w neurological issues took both these drops and it cause seizures and chronic upper respite infections and rapid heart rate and made his lips turn blue and then he would seize we had to stop. So I stopped all meds and our doc who's a specialist and chairman on the board of the hospital has no answers and is a little bitter but has no other options and my sons eyes are getting white film over one and there's nothing we can do. He also has 4 homed implants which don't decrease pressure at all at this point. So looking for any other options that won't harm my son. I've been doing Austin gohs natural method and he laughs the whole time we do it. I will know if it decreases pressure by July 15th and will keep anyone who cares, posted but open to advice from experinced glaucoma patients or drs as well 🙏
Honestly I've been researching and parasitic infections are known to cause pressure in tge blood eye and heart pressure and rate to increase. I'm giving him a parasite cleanse along w metal detox. We have also been diagnosed w lyme disease. Look into it. The quiet epidemic on amazon or under our skin 1 and 2.
I am 63 with open angle glaucome. Right eye controlled with drops and left one controlled with a in-focus microshunt, which provoked a bleb that causes me pain and gave an ugly appearance and deformation of a eyeball. Even though the microsunt is working well, I am not happy with my aspect now.
have you tried little sprinkles of nutmeg (grounded) in your coffee, ounce in the morning and another in the evening! you will be amazed how effective to your eye, eye pressure, visual acuity and all your health it is.
@@lydiamendiola2662 Natural Potency: Nutmeg: This scented spice sweetens the breath and is used as a stimulant, which increases body heat. Cinnamon has its own distinct fragrance and is used for healing those with diabetes and arthritis, and is in turn an aphrodisiac. Use a little chip of the whole fruit and chew it and swallow it. nut much please.
I'm 32 Years old and I was diagnosed with glaucoma last year in march and I've been using eye drops ever since but I went to the eye doctor and I was told that I need a laser surgery in my left eye cause the pressure is high
Good video and you put lots of energy which helps the audience understanding of what is being presented: Thank you. Another procedure is laser IRIDOTOMY: I am going to have it done in May 2022: one eye at the time. thus preventing the potential complication of acute angle closure, which could happen at night without any warning constituting an emergency situation that may compromise the vision by damaging the retina forever.
When you talk about pigment , do you mean pale eyes? . I’ve had laser, have very pale blue eyes. After two weeks the Specialist said it hadn’t worked - which I felt was a big early, and put me back on drops. I have low pressure glaucoma. 17 one eye 18 the other. The doctor wants it down to 14.
3:51 Sounds like it could be a Kim Carnes song: “Stanley Kubrick Eyes.” A ton of information all in one video. No doc has told me about surgery, other than do discourage it because they personally didn’t like it. Well done.
I deeply resent that I wasn't warned about the loss of periorbital loss of fat with prostaglandin eyedrops. My eyes are all sunken in, and I look like a zombie. And watch out for the eyedrops with preservatives. They'll cause corneal erosion.
Unfortunately we have experienced abusive treatment at our local hospital eye care clinic as post op. treatment for Trabeculoctomy. This feels dehumanising and leaves us with no faith in the public health care system in Australia. Ironic as stress is also a cause for high eye pressure and high blood pressure in general.
I was diagnosed with OAG 15 years ago. The doctor who diagnosed me said my pressure was 30 and gave me some eye drops to take. He told me to come back in two weeks. For 2 weeks I was terrified as I dropped the meds in. I returned to him and was asking questions about his diagnosis. He suddenly said, "I didn't tell you have glaucoma ". As soon as I left his office I called a second doctor. He told me I did have glaucoma and to continue the medication. A few years later of seeing him he questioned my need of the medication. I went to a new doctor. He checked me over and said you need the medication. Fast forward he stopped my medication. For a year I didn't take any. He retires and a new doctor came in. He looks at my eyes says you need the medication and you have some mild damage to the nerve cup. All of the stopping and starting again has messed up my routine and it broke my habit. Now I have issues with remembering my meds because I'm a out of sight out of mind type of person. Now I'm fixing to have SLT on Monday. I'm nervous , but I'm ready for it.
When I discovered that have glaucoma and my eyes were already damaged especially my left eye total blindness was like my life is over almost tried to end my life
I wish I saw your video 5 or 10 years ago. I do didn't know anything about Glacoma now my eyes are. Advanced damage. I hope all who has Glacoma understand ...... Pressure that is over the limit your optic nerve can handle will slowly damage your nerve, it must be kept under the damage point at all times
Hello Dr. I was diagnose to have open angle glaucoma since I am 19 yrs old. In the past 7 months I am using timolol, but I still see rainbow halos in the light, for almost 1 yr now, what is a posible cause of that? Last time i have an eye checkup with my doctor, the pressure of my eye is low and getting to normal again
I’m so happy to see your video . I have glaucoma in my right eye few years ago and the doctor pro the eye drop one a day but changed my eye colour from colours eye to brown . After the surgery the doctor stopped the drops my question isn’t eye colour comes back to the original colour or not , thank you doctor ..
Congrats on your good work. What is your opinion comparing Cosopt Eye Drops vs. Simbrinza? When I was using Cosopt Twice daily my eyes used to get red, Switching to Simbrinza 3 months ago, also twice daily, I do not get this redness.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for all yours content, especially glaucoma connected. I have higher eye preasure, but mine doctor still not confirm is it glaucoma . I use Taptikom (tafluprost/timilol) at night and twice a day Luxfen (brimonidine tartrate). Are they safe to be used in pregnancy? I am planning to get pregnant soon, and i am really scared about those kind of medication . Which kind of eye drobs are OK for pregnancy?
Brimondine is clasifeid as pregnancy catagory B (which is considered safe) but honestly the laser trabeculoplasty is my favorite for pregnancy. However, best to talk to your personal eye doc about your current health conditions and options. Very happy you like the videos and please let me know if there are any other topics you would like for me to cover.
In England we don't pay for treatment but saying that there is a long wait to be seen. My optician referred me to the eye hospital because the pressure was high in my left eye and it took a year before they could see me I know these are difficult times but by the time I was seen the pressure in that eye was 36 and damage had been done although my sight is still good in that eye I wish I had gone to a private hospital and payed and probably would have been seen in a week or 2. I am now on Latanoprost
Like your videos, I have had canaloplasty surgery and am still on brominidine taratate,3 times a day.do you a new or better pressure lowering drop,as these give me cotton mouth, and make me drowsy.i am Male and 72 years old. Thank you for informational videos.
Me again...I now have glaucoma...am on monopost...I'm one of 10% with glaucoma without raised eye pressure...could you comment...many thanks Paula Jennings
Thank you for this in debt video. My doctor proscribed me dorzolamide twice a day, which I do take every day. My eye pressure then is usually at 17 mmHg. But around every 6 months a new glaucoma builds in my eye, which has been treated so far with a syringe of cortisol into my eye. Which gets rid of the glaucoma temporally about 6 months. I am looking for a more permanent solution, because frankly that syringe sucks and my doctor does not offer any alternatives. If you have more thoughts on the matter, I'll be happy to hear it. Cheers and thanks again 🙏🏾
Treatments I have heard of? Well I have had a Lazer treatment on both of my eyes that didn't drop the pressure enough. I was put on Zioptan and it did well for about 9 months. I was put on Rocklatan and had a horrible reaction, really itchy eyes. So I am now back on Zioptan and timolol. Hopefully when I go back for a pressure check this is working.
I was just diagnosed a couple days ago. I am still shocked by the news because I am still young-ish (45). I feel like I'm in some kind of grieving process, because my life is going to be forever changed by this. I have been prescribed FOUR different drops I have to take. How does one adapt to this? I am terrified and quite upset over this. I do not want to take Latanoprost. I have beautiful green eyes and nice thick tissue (fat) around my eyes, which has always made me look younger than I am. Now I run the risk of ending up with brown eyes and having sunken in eyes, where I'll end up looking like an old zombie.
Presently I am using travoltano one sin travatarium once at night in the left eye darzalimite and brama Ramadan in both eyes morning and Evelyn 1 drop each each I've also add to relec to me in both eyes cataract surgery and summer some of that surgery but 3 different things And so far the left the left eye which was very bad or still isn'there are still isn't it's olden it's ground it's like it's not getting better and it's not getting worse the right eye It's really what I depend on thanks very much for all your information some of which I've known already with all the operations and all and the drops and other things I've learned a lot I'll keep watching
Hii Doctor, I recently had an eye checkup and my eye pressure was 23. By using eye drops regularly for one month my pressure has decreased to 21, the doctor advised to continue using drops to further lower pressure. The doctor said I don’t have glaucoma as my optic nerve is pretty healthy. What do you think about this? Kindly reply
Hi Doctor, I had a laser treatment on my eye for diabetes and two days later when I woke up I wasn't able to see for about 10 min and my eye started to feel irritated and had headaches, so I called retnal specialist and went to see him the next day and said my pressure was super high 45 (I have never heard or new anything about pressure in the eyes) and after a month of trying to lower the pressure with drops and wasn't able to. he referred me to a glaucoma specialist which tgey had to perform a emergency surgery..and thank to the doctor that did the first laser now my life changed, haven't been able to drive or see well and soon I will need another surgery because my body is rejecting the valve and my pressure is way high again😭😭
I found out that I have glaucoma today and I will be using the drops. The only thing that really bothers me is that it can change the color of my eyes. Especially if your eyes are hazel and mine are!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Other than that, thanks for the presentation.
Same here. My eyes are green/hazel. I don't want brown eyes. Nor do I want that nice sunken eye look. You can also get droopy eyelids from it, apparently. Screw that.
Hallo Dr., Today first time I am watching your some videos on glaucoma. I have " Open angle glaucoma", as per prescription I am using: 1. Systane Lid wipes, 2. Optive gel eye drops,3. Luminan 0.01% w/v, eating kale, carrot, beets, banana, blue berry, milk. If you have any advice pls. So so, your opinion will be great to save my future. I am 74 yrs. women, prediabetic, taking metformin tablet twice. Thanks 🙏 Bye, Canada 🇨🇦
My doctor's first line treatment was SLT laser surgery. The results didn't last and he did it again. It also didn't last and I've been on eye drops for a year and the pressure is back up again and he's doing SLT for a third time next week.
I started latanoprost from my high blood pressure and after the fifth day I started having tinnitus in my ears!My opthalmologist said it is a coincidence but I don't think so!I don't take any other medication!I am so sad!😔
Doctor Eye Health good morning doctor yes I’m getting treatment, first I didn’t believe then I went to another eye doctor and he said the same thing, I went to my eye doctor yesterday he changed my eye drops from Brimonidine to Travatan, but this morning my eyes was super red and puffy, I think the Brimonidine was better, but I was complaining about it🧐 I don’t like the side effects, in a month he going to tell me if I should have laser surgery, I remember my uncle in Brasil didn’t believe that he had glaucoma and refused to get treated and later on he got blind. God Bless.🙏
Thanks so much sir deeply details for glocoma Sir I'm canfuse to witch drop for open angel glocoma I'm just use misopt eye drop it's recovery my vision ? plz reply I m waiting Thanks you
