Guest guest Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 , My eyes went decidedly bad when my liver went bad, so my dr checked my VitA (or was it D?) levels. They were low - normal but not dropping, so we decided it was middle age after all. She did say that there was one person here in Brisbane who had very bad problems, getting enormous daily injections of the vitamin (sorry I can't remember which one), that did very little, but only a week after transplant they could suddenly see again. Check with your liver dr. Good luck, Penny T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Hi, I too have noticed my eyesight taking a nose dive the last couple of years. I asked one of the doctors about it and the answer seems logical to me so I thought I'd pass it along. They think PSC is autoimmune related and they also feel most autoimmune related diseases have related symptoms (fatigue, aches, etc.) and are related at some level. Many autoimmune patients produce less tears, as I do. Tear reduction makes you see less clearly and using eye drops - artificial tears - helps. I think this is true in my case so instead of getting new thicker glasses I am concentrating on keeping my eyes hydrated and it seems to be helping. Give it a try... Thanks, Jeff. > > > > , > > My eyes went decidedly bad when my liver went bad, so my dr checked > my VitA > > (or was it D?) levels. They were low - normal but not dropping, so we > > decided it was middle age after all. She did say that there was one > person > > here in Brisbane who had very bad problems, getting enormous daily > > injections of the vitamin (sorry I can't remember which one), that > did very > > little, but only a week after transplant they could suddenly see > again. > > Check with your liver dr. > > > > Good luck, > > > > Penny T > Myt son has been complaining of eye sight problems and he has an appt > with the opthalmologist next week. I was wondering if it was UC > related - but are you saying it could be liver related?? > a > son Dan UC/PSC > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Hi, I too have noticed my eyesight taking a nose dive the last couple of years. I asked one of the doctors about it and the answer seems logical to me so I thought I'd pass it along. They think PSC is autoimmune related and they also feel most autoimmune related diseases have related symptoms (fatigue, aches, etc.) and are related at some level. Many autoimmune patients produce less tears, as I do. Tear reduction makes you see less clearly and using eye drops - artificial tears - helps. I think this is true in my case so instead of getting new thicker glasses I am concentrating on keeping my eyes hydrated and it seems to be helping. Give it a try... Thanks, Jeff. > > > > , > > My eyes went decidedly bad when my liver went bad, so my dr checked > my VitA > > (or was it D?) levels. They were low - normal but not dropping, so we > > decided it was middle age after all. She did say that there was one > person > > here in Brisbane who had very bad problems, getting enormous daily > > injections of the vitamin (sorry I can't remember which one), that > did very > > little, but only a week after transplant they could suddenly see > again. > > Check with your liver dr. > > > > Good luck, > > > > Penny T > Myt son has been complaining of eye sight problems and he has an appt > with the opthalmologist next week. I was wondering if it was UC > related - but are you saying it could be liver related?? > a > son Dan UC/PSC > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 > > Hi, I too have noticed my eyesight taking a nose dive the last couple > of years. I asked one of the doctors about it and the answer seems > logical to me so I thought I'd pass it along. They think PSC is > autoimmune related and they also feel most autoimmune related diseases > have related symptoms (fatigue, aches, etc.) and are related at some > level. Many autoimmune patients produce less tears, as I do. Tear > reduction makes you see less clearly and using eye drops - artificial > tears - helps. I think this is true in my case so instead of getting > new thicker glasses I am concentrating on keeping my eyes hydrated and > it seems to be helping. --------------------- Same here! I deal with dry eye problems also, which have gotten worse over the past 2 years. The drops definitely help, but be sure you get ones without any preservatives in them!!! The preservatives, over the long run, will eventually make the dryness even worse, according to my ophthalmologist. I use Bion tears. Regards, Carolyn B. in SC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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