Lyme and Eyesight

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I am looking through past posts in search of the woman who is no

severely sight impaired due to Lme. Was that on this board or

another? So far i have found nothing here I am having increasing

problems with my vision although I am on IV Rocephin x 6 months and

now I am on Bicillin shots weekly. If anyone can tell me who the

woman is I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you, a

[Guest guest]

I am having some slight problems with eyesight.......it was through my eyes,

that it was first detected their was a problem with my immune system (before

knowing it was lyme)

I have had continuous problems with Iritis in my right eye.........we get it

quieted down, and it becomes inflamed again, causing irritation and

blurriness...at one point, I actually had an injection in my

eyeball....OUCH!

This has been going on since the beginning of my Lyme six years ago....but

even though I am in remission from symptoms, this eye is still very

inflamed. I am being seen by a Lyme Literate Ophthalmologist recommended by

my Lyme Dr.

She has been working on it for a year now. She has now recommended I go to

my Primary Care Physician to see if something else might be going on in my

body. She said the constant eye inflammation can cause damage to the

eye.........so its important to keep it quiet...........and of course we do

that with Prednisone drops.

Conniek nwnj

Leave no stone unturned.......and ask questions!

[Guest guest]

Hi a,

I am with the Michigan Lyme Disease Assoc. We have a child who was

blind from lyme for 3 years. He has since had his sight restored and got his

drivers license. When I first got lyme, my sight was awful. I had just

gotten new glasses recently and was about to return them when my sight got

better. It still gets bad off and on, I know it is lyme and just wait for it

to pass. Ihave had lyme for 8 years, so I am getting used to these things.

The problems are less severe. I have to stay on antibiotics or I cannot

function at all. Antibiotics control my lyme like Dilantin does epilepsy.

I am not making the symptoms of lyme small. I would give just about

anything to not have them. But now when my eyesight gets bad I don't panic,

because it always clears up.

Good luck,

Hugs,

Connie, MI

[Guest guest]

Don't let the eye problem go untreated..........it can cause irreversible

damage in some cases. I too am having problems............without any other

lyme symptoms.

The eye will not quiet down. I am currently seeing a lyme literate

ophthalmologist. Neither of us.......believe the eye is still reacting to

lyme. It looks like I will have to undergo some blood testing to see what

may be going on. My primary care physician is proposing I go to a special

eye center in Philadelphia.

The more Iritis and Uveitis, that goes on in the eye.....the more damage

that can become permanent.

Its important to determine if the inflammation is due to infection, or due

to an immune system being disturbed by Lyme Bacteria. There is a

difference.

Conniek nwnj

Leave no stone unturned.......and ask questions!