Re: Your eye troubles

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Sharyn,

Thanks for the info. I have been using drops to lower my eye pressure for about 5 years. I was Dx with Glaucome long before I ever started Pred. I know the Pred. does not help my situation.

I see another eye specialist first thing Monday morning and will let you know what happens.

Hugs,

Sandy

Subject: Your eye troubles

Hi everyoneI just wanted to address Sandy's problems with her eye. Sandy...I'm sure you know this, but the Prednisone will cause the pressure in your eye to go up.I have what they call Angular open and closed glaucoma. It's not the type of glaucoma that I would have happen due to my diabetes.In your eye you have this free flowing fluid. Look at it like a faucet turned on and the fluid is flowing in your eye, but it drains off through a drain.In my case the damn faucet is on full blast and the drain is clogged. What happens then is the normal eye pressure of 15 goes up because there is no where for this fluid to drain off. Mine went as high as 50+. It all started with my right eye hurting like I had an eyelash in it. Felt like sand and the first thing I thought was "Pink Eye". WARNING sign no. #1Well this happened over the weekend and I kept flushing my eye out with saline. Didn't seem to help. That Monday while driving to work (still dark at 6am) I notice through my right eye that the headlight of the on coming cars had a blue halo around them.WARNING (MAJOR) sign no. #2Well it continued to get bad. The pain and all and I couldn't see very well out of my right eye.WARNING sign No. 3Was able to get an appointment and a quick referral to the eye doctor by 2:15pm that same day. He started to work on me and he seemed in a panic after seeing what the eye pressure was in my eyes. He started to put in all kinds of drops and even got on the phone with someone out at the University teaching hospital.He was able to bring the pressure down. However not to the normal range of 15. I then was referral to a surgical eye doctor, but that took a couple of days. In the mean time I had to go in every morning to the eye doctor I saw first to make sure the eye pressure was down. You see if they don't get that pressure down you can go blind...Anyway to make this a little shorter, the other doctor I was sent to had to do laser surgery where holes wire made in my irises in order for the fluid to have a place to drain. I'm also on two different eye drops that I will be on for the rest of my life.So...If you are having problems with your eyes. and you are on Prednisone (which can cause the pressure in your eyes to build up...your doctor should know that one. my Rheumy did and stressed to tell my eye doctor and keep up on this) it will cause the pressure to increase in your eyes.What is happening to you makes me feel this is what is happening and the first thing you need to do is find a good eye doctor. Oh, and one more thing. When they check for the pressure in your eyes "DON'T" let them use those little hand held devices since they are far from accurate. They did mine and it show normal pressure...I pitch a fit so they used the machine one and dang if pressure in one eye was 35 and the other 28.SharynDISCLAIMER!!WE ARE NOT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, THEREFORE ANY INFORMATION THAT IS RECEIVED HERE IS FROM EXPERIENCE ONLY. PLEASE CONSULT WITH YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE TRYING ANYTHING THAT IS SUGGESTED. WE ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR YOUR PHYSICIAN AND ARE NOT TRYING TO BE. REMEMBER EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT AND TREATMENT MAYBE DIFFERENT FOR MANY OF US. THANK YOU