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is there a correlation between thyroid disease and glaucoma please any information gratefully received

is there a correlation between thyroid disease and glaucoma please any informat...

359Jay

•1 day ago

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specsavers

I want to say how impressed I am with our local specsavers. My son who is 36 went for a routine eye test and said that I had recently been diagnosed with...

I want to say how impressed I am with our local specsavers. My son who is 36 we...

Crafty-gran

•2 days ago

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Laser treatment for glaucoma

I am currently taking Trusopt and Monopost drops daily. Recently the doctor recommended laser treatment to clear the drains and reduce the need for eye drops....

I am currently taking Trusopt and Monopost drops daily. Recently the doctor reco...

Bacchanalia

•2 days ago

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On behalf of husband with Glaucoma

My husband was diagnosed with glaucoma a few years ago and has got considerably worse recently, he’s on 6 drops a day and has had laser treatment. While the...

My husband was diagnosed with glaucoma a few years ago and has got considerably ...

Mollymoo71_

•5 days ago

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DVLA Esterman Test - trial test?

Hi I am awful at hospital visual field tests.. I get anxious, my eyes dry up, I worry if I blink I’ll miss a light, I’m hesitant to click on lower light...

Hi I am awful at hospital visual field tests.. I get anxious, my eyes dry up, ...

Blindbatuk

•6 days ago

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I have “normal pressure glaucoma” AND as a bonus l, narrow angles

Hi everyone. - this was first noticed on an oct scan (i went for a macula scan and they did the wrong obe!) that i had retinal nerve fiber layer (rnfl)...

Hi everyone. - this was first noticed on an oct scan (i went for a macula scan a...

SkinNBones

•7 days ago

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Double Vision

This isn’t strictly glaucoma related, but I often see people post about DVLA. I have developed double vision and although the optometrist didn’t say so...

This isn’t strictly glaucoma related, but I often see people post about DVLA. I ...

YoungontheOutside

•7 days ago

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