What is pre-glaucoma?

Pre-glaucoma is a term used for patients with ocular hypertension (persons with elevated intraocular pressure but no detectable disc or visual field damage), and patients with large cup/disc ratios and normal visual fields who may or may not have early normal-tension glaucoma.

How do members experience pre-glaucoma?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with pre-glaucoma*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for pre-glaucoma*

Who has pre-glaucoma on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 4
30s 7
40s 11
50s 23
60s 22
70+ 17

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 28
Female 57

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What is pre-glaucoma?

Pre-glaucoma is a term used for patients with ocular hypertension (persons with elevated intraocular pressure but no detectable disc or visual field damage), and patients with large cup/disc ratios and normal visual fields who may or may not have early normal-tension glaucoma.



Common symptoms reported by people with pre-glaucoma

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for pre-glaucoma

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Compare treatments taken by people with pre-glaucoma

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have pre-glaucoma through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with pre-glaucoma? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has pre-glaucoma on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 40 say pre-glaucoma is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 4
30s 7
40s 11
50s 23
60s 22
70+ 17
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 2
20-29 years 1
30-39 years 5
40-49 years 3
50-59 years 6
60-69 years 1
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 28
Female 57

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 37
Not Diagnosed 5

These charts show data from pre-glaucoma patients who have completed their condition history
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