Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Could have been a fluke.
Interocular pressure can increase, sometimes suddenly, and can lead to damage of the visual nerves and blindness (that's called glaucoma). It is easily treatable with meds, but you generally have to stay on them forever.
It is more typical in older people, so I would probably get re-tested a couple of times and then go to the DoD and ask for them to test you again. I don't think it really varies from day-to-day so if you test OK a few times, you should be good.
Yup, and my ophthalmologist gave me the rundown on this whole eye pressure/glaucoma business as well... but the conclusion was that he's not worried about me because my eye pressure was normal when he tested it. Also, per the consultation from McGuire, he gave me a whole slew of eye exams to rule out symptoms associated with glaucoma like loss of peripheral vision. He said I did great. Lastly, he said I don't have any of the risk factors for glaucoma like family history, being older, being African American, etc. I trust him and the other doctors at the eye surgery center who also tested me on separate occasions and honestly I think my eyes are perfectly healthy and within AF standards. My AME used to be a ophthalmologist in the Marines before he retired and he thinks my eyes are good to go as well. I just really need to convince the people in charge that I should be remeasured. What do you mean when you say go to the DoD and ask for test me again? Specifically, who, and how?