I was hoping I could get some information, I'm a 21 year old guy. A couple months ago I had a glaucoma test from a specialist due to a inaccurate reading of my IOP (23 on puff-test) at a commercial optometrist (my IOP is actually around 16-17 on goldmann with CCT of 605). My doctor said every thing is as it should be with all the test, but told my my left nerve had a slight thinning red zone that was small, and didn't seem alarmed at all and said come back in 12 months and that it was either a past incident, the way I was born etc.
I'm pretty worried, what could have caused this area to be like that? Is this a common finding for a 21 year old. The only eye condition I have is pretty bad solar damage in both eyes (I have a small central blind spot in each eye for stupidly staring at the eclipse). Is it possible that caused this? My doctor really didn't seem bothered at all by it, she was a glaucoma specialist - shouldn't this be ''something''.or related to a unknown health condition?