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Have you bothered to get Eye Pressure checked regularly? Eye Pressure is equally important as Blood Pressure.This World Glaucoma Week 18 let’s pledge to get our eye pressure check-up done regularly.  As normal BP is essential in the same way maintaining normal eye pressure is a must for healthy eyes. This can help you to delay many eye problems. The unit to measure eye pressure is millimeters of mercury (mm Hg). Between 12-22 mm Hg is normal eye pressure and above 22mm Hg, it is higher. Eye specialist uses the special tool called Tonometer to measure eye pressure. When IOP (Intra Ocular pressure ) is higher, then you can be at risk of Ocular Hypertension and Glaucoma. Glaucoma is a silent killer Glaucoma is irreversible vision loss in which optic nerve is damaged. It is a second leading cause of blindness affecting the visual field. No specific symptoms to warn you. Some precautions can help to delay the progression of the disease Regular...