How do glaucoma patients get reviewed? What tests do I have to do? Glaucoma is a lifelong disease, and lifelong treatment and regular follow-up are especially important. The interval between follow-up visits is determined by the disease and may be 4, 6 or 12 months, depending on the patient’s condition. At each follow-up visit, the eye pressure, optic nerve and visual field should be checked. At the review, the doctor will be informed of the previous treatment plan, and the results will be used to assess whether the disease is stable, improving or progressing, and to adjust the treatment plan. What should I look for in a review? What are the conditions that indicate progression of the disease? It is important to bring all the previous test results and medications to the review, because patients often cannot say the name of the medication they are using, so they can simply bring the bottle or box of medication with them. It is very important to bring all previous tests to compare with the results of this review to determine if the disease is progressing. If the IOP rises again and the damage to the optic nerve and visual field progresses, the doctor will adjust the treatment plan to lower the IOP and prevent further development and deterioration of the glaucoma. As long as the IOP is normal, does that mean the disease is not progressing? Patients often ask me if they should continue to order eye drops after their IOP has normalized. It should be reminded that the current normal IOP is maintained with medication, and once the medication is stopped the IOP will rise, so it is recommended to continue using the medication and not to switch medication easily. There is also a particularly common situation, the day of the follow-up deliberately not to order drugs to see if the IOP is high, in fact, this time after stopping the drug IOP will rise and lose some cells, causing damage to the optic nerve and visual field, it is really unnecessary. And regular follow-up is to observe the effect of the drug to adjust the medication program, suddenly stop the doctor will not see the effect, the trip will be wasted. Therefore, patients are reminded not to change their treatment plan without doctor’s orders.