Treatment not always needed to prevent vision loss in patients with elevated eye pressure

(Washington University School of Medicine) The national Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study was designed to determine whether lowering elevated eye pressure in patients might prevent vision loss from glaucoma. Researchers recently completed follow-up studies on patients 20 years after the start of the original study and found that not all patients with elevated eye pressure need pressure-lowering treatment to prevent vision loss from glaucoma.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news