macular infarction & pancreatitis

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I am hoping someone can help. Recently my sister-in-law was rushed

to the hospital in desperate shape. She was diagnosed with

pancreatitis. They felt it was brought on by alcohol abuse. She

spent a week in the hosp. Right after she got out of emergency and

was sent into her own room, she noticed she had extremely blurred

vision (could only see vague shapes, color, or light--could not make

out objects or people). The Drs attributed this to pain med. After

about 3 days of this and no vision improvement, she insisted on an

eye Dr. A specialist was called in and he said she had developed a

rare condition resulting from the her pancreatic attack. It is

called bilateral macular infarction. I can find no info on this

connecting it to pancreatitis. They are not sure she will regain her

sight or how well it may recover if it does. She is only 36 and has

2 young boys. If any can shed any light on this condition, I would

be truly grateful. This is her first attack of pancreatitis and they

believe no damage was done to the pancreas. Thanks