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Ocular hypertension is an increase in the pressure in your eyes that is above the range considered normal with no detectable changes in vision or damage to the structure of your eyes. The term is used to distinguish people with elevated pressure from those with glaucoma.
How do members experience ocular hypertension?
Top 5 symptoms reported by people with ocular hypertension*
*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
Top treatments taken by people for ocular hypertension*
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Ocular hypertension is an increase in the pressure in your eyes that is above the range considered normal with no detectable changes in vision or damage to the structure of your eyes. The term is used to distinguish people with elevated pressure from those with glaucoma.
Common symptoms reported by people with ocular hypertension
Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for ocular hypertension
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Compare treatments taken by people with ocular hypertension
Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have ocular hypertension through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.
Got a question about living with ocular hypertension? Members in the forum might have the answers.
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