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Will I develope glaucoma?

i am a 24 yr old male with no family history of glaucoma, I was recently having eye pain for about a week then I went to the eye dr and he said my eye pressure was a little high, this has never happend to me before, he looked at my optic nerve and said everything looked fine but he wants to see me back in a couple months to check my eye pressure my question is will I ever develope glaucoma ? I'm pretty worried about getting it
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Did you see an Eye MD ophthalmologist? Or a non-MD, non-physician optometrist?  If the latter I would instead see an ophthalmologist as their training, equipment and experience is much greater. In the long run you may save yourself a lot of time and money.  Glaucoma at your age is unusual. If you don't know an Eye MD your family physician can usually refer you to one.
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