Dr Hagan

Hi Dr. Hagan,

I had another question I wanted to ask if you don't mind.

I am farsighted too, which I have read that most people with narrow angles are.  I had lazy eye as a very small child that was corrected with patching and glasses until I was ten years old.   Then no more glasses until my early forties.  Do most women who are farsighted get angle closure glaucoma, or does it not affect some?  Do the iridotomies that I had help, or prevent angle closure with the farsighted also?  My prescription is +3.25 with astigmatism and has stayed the same for about 5 years. Just my reading prescription went up a little this year.  

My surgeon/ophthamologist said at my final appointment that Eye Doctors are starting to think there are too many iridotomies being done.

Thanks for your time,
Maria

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

very few farsighted individuals develop angle closure UNLESS you're talking a bout Asian eyes which get angle closure almost as often as open angle (so do eskimos).

Yes your LPI should prevent angle closure.

New generation OCT instruments will probably tell us exactly who needs LPI and who doesn't.

JCH MD

[Maria1952]

Thanks so much!  Take care for now.  

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

You're welcome Maria. You take care also.
JCH MD