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is my presumption corre?. If you are high myopic , and become aphakic,

Posted by jraju @jraju, Oct 3 8:09am

simple terms, if you are highly myopic, and becomes aphakic after cataract, then you are bount to get glaucoma in due course in the affected eye. If you become apakic and eye drops that controls IOP is given from the date of cataract operation, you could easily avoid getting glaucoma. I am one such case of high myopic and lost vision in the left eye due to glaucoma. Reading that IOP and retinal nerves damage influence glaucoma, the apakhic person already invite it ,because there is no IOL, that will prevent the eye from excess formation of aqueous humor due to lengthy chamber of the affected eye and anatomical change of inner eye chamber .
I request the members to say, if my presumption is correct and could i have avoided the glaucoma, if the eye drops that are given after getting afftected with gluecoma , have been given at the time of cataract itself

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1995victoria | @1995victoria | Oct 4 8:08am

I had high IOP right after my cataract surgery. Used glaucoma drops for a week and my pressure went down to normal with drops. But I am a high myope and my eye dr suggested glaucoma drops prophylacticly. Maybe I should reconsider......

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Oct 4 8:15am
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@1995victoria

I had high IOP right after my cataract surgery. Used glaucoma drops for a week and my pressure went down to normal with drops. But I am a high myope and my eye dr suggested glaucoma drops prophylacticly. Maybe I should reconsider......

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I had the opposite experience - my intraocular pressures actually went down after cataract surgery, which my doc said is a more typical response. I am off latanaprost drops and being monitored every 3 months.

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jraju | @jraju | Oct 4 8:35am
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I had the opposite experience - my intraocular pressures actually went down after cataract surgery, which my doc said is a more typical response. I am off latanaprost drops and being monitored every 3 months.

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Hi, both of you noted the word aphakic. I am aphakic, meaning, when the cataract surgery were performed in both the eyes within weeks time, I was not planted IOL. Everybody knows that cataract involves removal of the natural eyes due to cataract. I have gained near normal vision in the left eye , say minus 2 , but when IOL is implanted the anterior chamber has a kind of protection in eye lens, but this would not be for apakhic . I also learnt the term aphakia only later after i got gluacoma in the left eye , which totally damaged by left eye vision. I have said about high pressure in the eye due to the absence of IOL please say,

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