Graft Rejection.. What to look for?

[ChrisK]

Reading about Pat's rejection episode (I hope this is soon behind you) and the need to catch rejection episodes early, I was wondering (rather than pondering ) what the signs are?

I have been told to report any changes but what should one be looking for? So far I have these..

1) Sudden light sensitivity
2) lots of redness
3) Pain

Is there anything else I should be aware of?

[Andrew MacLean]

Do not wait for all the symptoms to be present. If you have a change of vision on its own, with neither redness nor soreness, get it checked. If your eye is just red but noehter sore nor showing signs of vision change; get it checked.

None of us should take chances with our sight.

Andrew

[Sajeev]

So right Andew,

I've seen John post the following a few times, which I copy below:

R S V P is an easy way to remember the symptoms of corneal transplant rejection.

Redness: the eye becomes very red.

Sensitivity: the eye becomes very light sensitive.

Vision Loss: the vision in that eye seems to have decreased suddenly.

Pain: the eye becomes very painful.

Good Question!

[ChrisK]

Do not wait for all the symptoms to be present. If you have a change of vision on its own, with neither redness nor soreness, get it checked. If your eye is just red but noehter sore nor showing signs of vision change; get it checked.

None of us should take chances with our sight.

Andrew

Thanks Andrew, I'm thankful I do not have any of these issues. I just thought it'd be useful to know what to look out for.

[ChrisK]

So right Andew,

I've seen John post the following a few times, which I copy below:

R S V P is an easy way to remember the symptoms of corneal transplant rejection.

Redness: the eye becomes very red.

Sensitivity: the eye becomes very light sensitive.

Vision Loss: the vision in that eye seems to have decreased suddenly.

Pain: the eye becomes very painful.

Good Question!

Great post Sajeev,

That's a great list John has put together.

[John Smith]

Sajeev,

Thanks for beating me to it!

Chris,

You should remember that the RSVP symptoms are either-or. You only need to have one of them to be concerned - it seems, that like KC, all rejections are different!