What is an exception to treatment for ocular hypertension when IOP is greater than 30 mmHg?

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What is an exception to treatment for ocular hypertension when IOP is greater than 30 mmHg?

Explanation:
When measurement tools can be biased by the eye’s structure, the number you see for intraocular pressure might not reflect the true pressure inside the eye. A very steep cornea can cause tonometry to read higher than the eye’s real IOP. In ocular hypertension, an IOP above 30 mmHg would normally push you toward treatment because higher pressure raises glaucoma risk, but if the cornea is highly curved, that elevated reading may overestimate the true pressure. In that scenario, you wouldn’t treat based on that single measurement alone; you would verify with other tonometry methods, assess the optic nerve and nerve fiber layer, and consider corneal thickness and curvature to get a more accurate sense of true risk.

When measurement tools can be biased by the eye’s structure, the number you see for intraocular pressure might not reflect the true pressure inside the eye. A very steep cornea can cause tonometry to read higher than the eye’s real IOP. In ocular hypertension, an IOP above 30 mmHg would normally push you toward treatment because higher pressure raises glaucoma risk, but if the cornea is highly curved, that elevated reading may overestimate the true pressure. In that scenario, you wouldn’t treat based on that single measurement alone; you would verify with other tonometry methods, assess the optic nerve and nerve fiber layer, and consider corneal thickness and curvature to get a more accurate sense of true risk.

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