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dilated pupils
Posted: Sun 18 Feb 2007 11:36 pm
by Sarah M
Noticed the other day that the pupil in my grafted eye looked like it had been attacked wth some cyclopentolate, was hugggggggge while the other one was normal looking.
Now everytime i look in the mirror its all i can see, one pupil bigger than the other. Does anyone else have this?
Sarah
Posted: Mon 19 Feb 2007 7:34 am
by Andrew MacLean
Sarah
I can't say, in all honesty, that I have noticed. I'd be interested int he response of others.
Andrew
Posted: Mon 19 Feb 2007 9:00 am
by GarethB
Yup, I have one puil that to me looks bigger than the other and I put it down to the KC.
In the right eye it drags the graft out of shape and makes the puil look large.
The graft in the left eye is flatter and more normal and the pupil is smaller.
As I can see perfectly well with corrected vision this does not bother me.
Posted: Mon 19 Feb 2007 9:06 am
by Andrew MacLean
GarethB wrote:As I can see perfectly well with corrected vision this does not bother me.
Just out of interest Gareth, would a larger pupil mean that one would be more likely to need sunglasses?
Andrew
Posted: Mon 19 Feb 2007 9:08 am
by GarethB
Absolutly no idea. To be honest I do not think my pupils differ in size as such, just that the KC distorts the vies of the pupil giving the impression that it is larger.
Posted: Mon 19 Feb 2007 6:18 pm
by Sarah M
oooh so im not the only freak out there
Its not really that noticable until you notice it, and then its all you can see.
Gareth, do u mean that instead of ur graft looking perfectly round, it looks a bit oval shaped at one side (not that it is)?
I will ask at my next appointment if im seeing things
Sarah
Posted: Tue 20 Feb 2007 8:41 am
by GarethB
Afetr 20 years neither of my grafts are perfectly round, the circumfrence wiggles all over the place. I think this is mainly down to when sutures were removed to control the astigmatism that the round disc they put in gets pulled all ways to get the best overall surface.
Only shows on a topography.
Posted: Sat 24 Feb 2007 2:37 pm
by Kirsten
Ok I just had a look and one pupil does appear bigger!!!
My intacs eye seems to have a smaller pupil than the one i'm wearing the RGP in. Although it could be the lens magnifying it.
When someone else is awake I'll take the lens out and ask them to look.. You've sure started something now Sarah! lol
Posted: Tue 27 Feb 2007 3:13 pm
by Ann
I don't have a graft or intacs and my left pupil is still bigger than the right one! - my left one is worse sight-wise, stronger keratoconus. I only noticed it recently, thought it was probably due to a dodgy brain.
Posted: Tue 27 Feb 2007 4:15 pm
by Sarah M
hehe sorry people....its not a nice thing to have tho...when u look in the mirror its all u can see!