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Apr
Increased Intraocular Pressure Means. When people hear the word glaucoma many of them connect the eye disease with elevated eye pressures also known as intraocular pressure or IOP. Some people can have higher eye pressure with no damage. With ocular hypertension the front of the eye does not drain fluid properly. Although ocular hypertension can affect anyone it may be more common in persons with certain risk factors.
Your doctor may call this ocular. The level of eye pressure intraocular pressure is controlled by a balance between the amount of this fluid produced and its drainage out of the eye. Eye pressure can vary hourly daily and weekly. However the relationship between glaucoma and eye pressure is complicated and has changed over time. In acute angle-closure glaucoma the intraocular pressure rises because the canal into which the fluid in the front part of the eye normally drains is suddenly blocked. However it is a significant risk factor.
Some people can have higher eye pressure with no damage.
Elevated Intraocular pressures with no other symptoms is ocular hypertension. The intraocular pressure is increased in glaucoma. When the fluid in the front of your eye doesnt drain as well as it should or your eye is producing too much fluid pressure can get too high. This causes eye pressure to build up. Many factors can affect the up and down changes in a persons intraocular pressure. Historically glaucoma was identified as a disease in which the eye was firm or hard due to high eye pressure.