Notes For Healthy Eyes

Glaucoma is a condition in which the pressure within the eyeball rises, leading to impaired eye circulation and, ultimately, to eye damage and possible blindness.

Research has shown that pressure within the eye goes up when a person lies down, and goes down when the person sits up. A slight head elevation can lower eyeball pressure and should have been used as a treatment for glaucoma.

It has been ignored, however, due to the cultural assumption that head elevation during sleep is not a medical issue. Nevertheless, sleeping with the head too flat for too long over many years pressurizes the eyeballs as well as the brain, slowly creating glaucoma.

To perform the following SELF STUDY, you may want to get your eyeball pressure checked before and after the study period, since this is the only way to tell whether or not your eye pressure has changed.

If you are on medication for glaucoma, check with your physician if he or she feels that you can safely go without medication for a 3-month study.(If your physician advises against going off of medication for 3 months, you may want to question that advice, unless you prefer lifetime treatment and medical appointments to a cure.)