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About to have routine eye exam. should i avoid smoking pot the morning before the exam? will it hide glaucoma? dr zimon please do not answer this q!
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Unlikely effect: Only about 30% of those who smoke pot will have a lowering of eye pressure. At your age, glaucoma is very uncommon. There are other clues to glaucoma aside from eye pressure and if your pressure were to be too high in between the puffs of pot, then these would add information. To be safe, you should avoid the pot but if you must smoke, then it probably will not affect the results.
Answered 3/13/2018
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