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A member asked:
If someone pushes on their eyeball trying to remove a contact lens can it cause glaucoma?
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No: Glaucoma is not caused by pushing on the eye though pushing can raise the pressure in the eye momentarily.
Answered 5/7/2015
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No : There are many forms of glaucoma and many treatments for these many forms of glaucoma. One key goal is to key eye pressure consistently low - usually below 15-16, but that goal varies based on the type of glaucoma, vision, health of patient and optic nerve and any loss of nerve tissue on oct or visual field. It's the eye pressure trend that's important. A little brief pressure should not hurt.
Answered 5/7/2015
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