Guest guest Posted June 18, 2001 Report Share Posted June 18, 2001 Thank you Sandy for the explanation. Brett has been inflamed around his eyes a lot these past months. He just saw the eye doctor and got a clean bill of health. I sometimes think that the Eye dr. doesn't know what to look for when it comes to RP....even the Rheumy for that matter...do I sound cynical or what? >In regard to your question about eyes and RP. >The prednisone is the culprit - >I have cateracts on both eyes that are prednisone induced!!! >The right has become so bad that I am having surgery to remove the >cateract!! >Also there is cartilage in the orbits and etc and when that becomes >inflammed - you have pressure and that in turn causes lots of eye pain!! >and headache!! > and Janet, Sorry to hear about Pete's eyes. I hope that the Dr. in Boston will give you some good advice. Keep us posted ! B. > From: Baaboo19@... >Subject: Re: Re: eyes -RP > >In a message dated 06/09/2001 7:57:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time, >bklyn1429@... writes: > > >> Hospital/Harkness Pavilion in NYC named Dr. Weiss and after a very >> thorough exam ( even ultrasound of the eyes!) he found that my inflamations >> > >Hi- Pete went to Harkness Eye Pavillion too...he saw a Dr.Trokel who was very >nice and very thorough but admitted he knew nothing about RP..I brought some >info about the eyes and RP which he took the time to read...so now we are >trying to set up an appointment with C. in Boston who is >knowledgeable in RP and the eyes. Pete's eyes are getting worse and the only >thing that seems to help is the pred which makes the eyes worse at the same >time...very frustrating. Janet > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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