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Glaucoma- How to check the Intra ocular pressure ( IOP)at home?



I am a Glaucoma patient with 0.9 cupping of the right eye. My hospital is situated far away from my house. I believe we can measure the field loss using the home PC (Computer). I need ur help

First I have heard of this.. I'm a glaucoma sufferer myself so I'd be interested in replies.

I think you are mixing up two different measurements here.

I'm guessing that you can only use your home PC for measuring the peripheral vision. You must have to stare at the screen and see how many dots you can see round the edge or something. It's probably something pretty basic like that.

Intraoccular pressures are a much more important measurement and I'd be surprised if you could obtain THESE using a home pc. But like I said I'd be interested to see other replies.

Keep taking the drops now!!
Do not try treating your self, unless you have help from your docter. Playing with your sight is not a good idea.
A web search on Google Scholar shows several articles that reference home measurement of IOP. The current device that is used in many clinics is a handheld battery powered device. I would think a person could be trained to measure their own IOP if the physician thought it was a good idea. Field loss is of course easily measured with a computer display and that software would also be available to your eye doctor. The major problem I can see you having is convincing your doctor that it is a good idea. You might have better luck at a university hospital were some post doc might be willing to set up a study and go for a grant to pick up the tab for the whole thing. I think it is worth pursuing. Home care of chronic conditions is certainly a growing field.
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Glaucoma is a slowly progressive condition and does not need daily monitoring except for diagnosis. This is more so as daily monitoring is of use only toa doctor to determine your peak pressure time and monitor medication efficacy but not for yourself. For this you could consider admission in a hospital for an hourly monitoring of pressure.
IOP and field checks are quite variable and I would leave them to an expert to handle.
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