Ocular hypertension
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What is ocular hypertension?
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
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.
Who has ocular hypertension on PatientsLikeMe?
- 0 new patients joined this month
- 3 say ocular hypertension is their primary condition
| Age | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| <20 | 0 | |
| 20s | 1 | |
| 30s | 4 | |
| 40s | 3 | |
| 50s | 1 | |
| 60s | 0 | |
| 70+ | 7 |
| Age at first symptom | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| 0-19 years | 1 | |
| 20-29 years | 1 | |
| 30-39 years | 2 | |
| 40-49 years | 1 | |
| 50-59 years | 0 | |
| 60-69 years | 1 | |
| 70+ years | 1 |
Distribution of sex
| Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 4 | |
| Female | 17 |
| Diagnosis status | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnosed | 16 | |
| Not Diagnosed | 1 |