Eye floater-Lyme-related?

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well I am still learning things on here!

Two days ago I woke up with what I call a floater - don't know if this

is the same thing as other people mean when they say floater:

I see something that moves, kinda like there was a scratch on my

cornea, is what I was thinking it was. Then yesterday I noticed

occasional flashed of light.

Very scary.

Today being a holiday, tomorrow I'll try to find an eye doctor.

Previous to getting the 'floater' I had noticed pain in the same eye,

not great - kinda like I had had something in my eye, and it was

irritated.

Until I read the posts today where Kendra talks about her eye, it

never occurred to me it could be Lyme-related.

In a way I would prefer that it were; I would go back on the herbs and

hope that would do it. It scares me to think the eye doctor might say,

I need an operation or something, that is something I would have no

control over, I'd have to trust the doctor.

But - to those of you who have determined this is Lyme-related, how do

you know?

People my age (60) get these floaters without having lyme.

Appreciate any feed-back.

ellen

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Hi Ellen

I too have many floaters and even the occasional flash, and as a very

nearsighted person of a certain age, I am considered high risk for retinal

detachment.

and I can say that my 2 relapses with Lyme etc, had a huge increase in

both...and my opthalmologist/retinal specialist himself notes many Lyme pts with

the very same sx.

How do you know when its serious??? truth is you dont!! anytime there is a

CHANGE--sudden increase of any eye sx ( pain and floaters and flashes) I make an

IMMEDIATE appt with a good opthalmologist!!

Only after a full exam with dilation can you tell that its " not " serious

and eyes are one thing I would never want to play with!!! My Dr even tells me

that if things are suddenly much worse go to the ER if its past office hrs!!! If

the retinas do detach they can be laser zapped and the quicker you respond the

better chance to avoid blindness.

My Dr compared it to appendicitis...a very severe lower right abdominal pain,

sudden onset with fever etc shouldnt be ignored...you can only tell if its

emergency by going to get it checked out!! No other way. About 6 or 7 years ago

I was getting eye exams almost monthly...the sx were that bad...and thankfully

so far theyve finally stabilized. For now.

IMHO, certain things arent to be waited out...sudden increase in eye sx are one

of them!!

Good Luck

Finette

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Hi Finette,

Thanks for both your messages.

I wnated to ask - do you take any of Buhner's herbs when you are

bothered by the floaters?

If so - what do you take, and what results do you see and how long to

see results?

It's interesting that your dr apparently sees some relationship to

Lyme, and that you notice an increase of symptoms when you are

experiencing Lyme symptoms.

I am also of a certain age - this Fri 60! Yikes, how did that happen?!

ellen

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> Hi Ellen

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> I too have many floaters and even the occasional flash, and as a

very nearsighted person of a certain age, I am considered high risk

for retinal detachment.

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> and I can say that my 2 relapses with Lyme etc, had a huge increase

in both...and my opthalmologist/retinal specialist himself notes many

Lyme pts with the very same sx.

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> How do you know when its serious??? truth is you dont!! anytime

there is a CHANGE--sudden increase of any eye sx ( pain and floaters

and flashes) I make an IMMEDIATE appt with a good opthalmologist!!

>

> Only after a full exam with dilation can you tell that its " not " serious

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>

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> and eyes are one thing I would never want to play with!!! My Dr even

tells me that if things are suddenly much worse go to the ER if its

past office hrs!!! If the retinas do detach they can be laser zapped

and the quicker you respond the better chance to avoid blindness.

>

> My Dr compared it to appendicitis...a very severe lower right

abdominal pain, sudden onset with fever etc shouldnt be ignored...you

can only tell if its emergency by going to get it checked out!! No

other way. About 6 or 7 years ago I was getting eye exams almost

monthly...the sx were that bad...and thankfully so far theyve finally

stabilized. For now.

>

> IMHO, certain things arent to be waited out...sudden increase in eye

sx are one of them!!

>

> Good Luck

> Finette

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what is right.†- Ezre Taft Benson]

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