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Though it was written back in March 2009, I found this comprehensive article on ocular perfusion pressure and the correlation between blood pressure and IOP helpful in clearing up my confusion on the subject:

http://journals.lww.com/co-ophthalmology/Fulltext/2009/03000/Ocular_perfusion_pressure_and_glaucoma__clinical.2.aspx

For those who are unclear on it, as I was, here's the formula for calculating Ocular Perfusion Pressure:

Med Hypotheses. 2006;67(2):209-11. Epub 2006 Mar 10.

The effect on health of alternate day calorie restriction: eating less and more than needed on alternate days prolongs life.

Johnson JB, Laub DR, John S. Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Medical Center, 2547A Lyon Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA. jim@jbjmd.com

Abstract

Inspired by what I read in "Diabetes Solution" by Bernstein and other sources I decided to test this for myself. I was struck how similar the effects of diabetes to one's eyes were to those observed in glaucomatic eyes (diabetes causes glaucoma too BTW). Bernstein himself states that when his blood glocose was not under control he "suffered night blindness, balooning of the blood vessels in the eyes, macular edema and early cataracts".

Shin YJ , Kim JH , Seo JM Protective effect of clusterin on oxidative stress-induced cell death of human corneal endothelial cells. Mol Vis. 2009 Dec 16;15:2789-95.

PURPOSE: To investigate the protective effect of clusterin on oxidative stress-induced cell death of human corneal endothelial cells.

I am reading "Good Calories, Bad Calories" By Gary Taubes right now. It is fascinating how bad research can become "good science" regarding fats and cholesterol! Of unexpected relevance to the FitEyes Insight eye pressure research for me at this time. I hope to keep my thinking clear and true, free of personality!

My elevated intraocular pressure in the evening seems to decrease when I lie down and read. However this could be due to other factors such as the eye drops kicking in. How would I go about testing this further?

My blood pressure has moved up significantly and my eye pressure went up as well. The doctor visits were less than a week apart. My research on the Internet shows that there are correlations between the two. Any thoughts??

 Johnc

Dr. Christopher Teng, New York, New York - Supportive of self-tonometry

Dr Alexei Moraczewski, Winter Haven, Florida - Supportive of self-tonometry

All glaucomas have a final common pathway of retinal ganglion cell death involving low-grade inflammation, oxidative damage, mitochondrial dysfunction, and glial hyperactivation.

This is what eye pressure (IOP) looks like in real time:

Please ask questions and I'll answer them.

Good evening,

first of all i'd like to thank you all for all the information about glaucoma.

I have few questions.
1. How do you manage with stress and how to deal with fear? My eyes are my greatest weakness. During medical tests i was sweating, my heart was beating hard, and i almost fainted. I was really ashamed becouse i am grown man.
I was told that my IOP is to high, and i know that my grandad has glaucoma so i guess i am going to have it too.
I am afraid of other tests, i am getting really nervous when i think about that so according to information on fiteyes my IOP is getting higher.

Can I get some sedatives before medical tests. How sedatives influence on IOP?

coming soon

Dr. Janet A Betchkal, MD has not taken the time to educate herself about self-tonometry and she is generally dismissive and not supportive of the practice. It is possible this will change in the future if one or more of her patients helps educate her.

There may not be any ophthalmologist anywhere who is more interested in self-tonometry than Dr. Robert Ritch in New York City. People come from all over the world to see him. He is one of the top glaucoma specialists in the world.

See this blog post for more about Dr. Ritch:

http://fiteyes.com/Robert-Ritch-Glaucoma-Specialist

See these links for more information, including his office locations:

The only Glaucoma specialist in Northwest Ohio last year was ...

In the last several months, the following articles appeared:

I don't want my whole life to be consumed with IOP, but obviously most things that are good for our health in general are good for our eyes.