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An eye doc diagnosed my dad with glaucoma before he had a cataract surgery done. After the surgery his eye pressure rose to above 30mm which made sense because he was on steriods. After a while it normalised and fell below 22mm Hg. The doc has kept in on meds namely, brimonidine AND timolol and he is taking oral meds tables called ace
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A. If the pressure is 22 with medicine then it is borderline IOP
B. IOP is not the only factor for diagnosis or management
C. Kindly provide his case reports most important his field test reports, his pachymetry and OCT report if available
D. These test reports will help me in deciding if this pressure is okay or we need to bring it down further
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if the IOP remains normal with the med given then its ok the line of treatment is ok.for still better recovery you may add inj methycobalamine 1500 iu I/M×10 inj.
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get the Oct of the affected eye done that will clear about any retinal defect
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