Well after everything and my post about protein removal tablets, i have religiously cleaned my lens so well only to be told that that isnt the problem.
I was going to work tonight but had an hour of playing with my lens and still not being able to see that i had to call in sick. It is bad, i hate phoning in, but i could see less with my lens than without and i definately wasnt safe to nurse sick patients. I cant see to read really.
So to find out what was up i dragged myself again to Moorfields A and E and waited two hours to be seen. They think i have a little bit of fluid under my cornea maybe the start of hydrops, i think thats what he said which to be honest i have no idea what its about, and was told to leave lens out and take chloramphenicol eye drops 6 times a day for a week. I just thought it was so going to be a lens problem that i must admit i was taken aback when it wasnt that simple. But now thinking on it, i have blurred vision without my lens in. (I mean worse than usual)
Hmm, i have no idea if these drops will help. All i know is that my vision is so blurred i can harly see, it was a nightmare walking home as all the lights were a halo and i couldnt see anything. It was like not wearing lenses when i had one in! Am really struggling to read here, so am only going to post this as i have a terrible headache. Sorry i cant reply to any right now.
Just not sure if these drops will work. Apparently lens is fine very clean and not a problem, but i can see nothing with it. Any ideas if this will just clear up on its own, if i leave the lens out and use the drops? Any advice would be gladly taken as im going blind here. Now i can only see two lines of the chart with a lens and that is so blurry i cant do anything.
(Would put a sad face here but i cant see which one it is, sad, sad)
Claire X x X
Not a lens problem at all
Moderators: Anne Klepacz, John Smith, Sweet
Hi Sweet...your post was like a picture and i feel bad that it was not your lenses that was giving you problems.
Personally from chatting with others who have had and did have hydrops it does clear up in weeks...just let your eyes tell you when they are ready and your hydrops is gone, and also don't forget to carry on with the drops..get your checked again or if need be.
...up until you feel ok, just sit back and put your feet up and let time do its work, thats what most people end up doing...lots of people experiance better vision after an hydrops event depending on where it happens on the cornea.
The funny thing is i did hear of similar stories as yours...where others thought there was something wrong with the lenses as well !...so it is not just you who thought that!
Anyway...i hope you a speedy recovery and there isn't much to worry about!
Personally from chatting with others who have had and did have hydrops it does clear up in weeks...just let your eyes tell you when they are ready and your hydrops is gone, and also don't forget to carry on with the drops..get your checked again or if need be.
...up until you feel ok, just sit back and put your feet up and let time do its work, thats what most people end up doing...lots of people experiance better vision after an hydrops event depending on where it happens on the cornea.
The funny thing is i did hear of similar stories as yours...where others thought there was something wrong with the lenses as well !...so it is not just you who thought that!
Anyway...i hope you a speedy recovery and there isn't much to worry about!
-
Lynn White
- Optometrist
- Posts: 1398
- Joined: Sat 12 Mar 2005 8:00 pm
- Location: Leighton Buzzard
Claire..
If they are saying "maybe the start of Hydrops" - then at the moment you have corneal oedema which is basically when the cornea is not pumping out fluid properly. They also gave you antibiotic which may mean you have some mild surface damage to your eyes.
You did not report pain at any time - which is why you did not really think it was your eye that was the problem - which is a hopeful sign.
But all of this is speculation. As a nurse, you will appreciate it would be very unwise to give or take advice on this over the internet. I do strongly suggest you give Moorfields clinic a ring and explain you were so taken aback it was actually an eye problem that you just didn't take in what was said to you.
Get them to go over it again - ask what they saw, how severe they thought it was, when do you go back for a check up (as you don't give any indication what they said about that) and have they any advice on what to do in the meantime. eg using a saltwater bath can help reduce surface swelling but you really do not want to do ANYTHING until you really know what you are dealing with.
If it IS hydrops - as Sajeev says, it WILL resolve itself - but it is frustrating waiting for it do so.
But DO give Moorfields a ring and let us know what they say.
Best of luck
Lynn
If they are saying "maybe the start of Hydrops" - then at the moment you have corneal oedema which is basically when the cornea is not pumping out fluid properly. They also gave you antibiotic which may mean you have some mild surface damage to your eyes.
You did not report pain at any time - which is why you did not really think it was your eye that was the problem - which is a hopeful sign.
But all of this is speculation. As a nurse, you will appreciate it would be very unwise to give or take advice on this over the internet. I do strongly suggest you give Moorfields clinic a ring and explain you were so taken aback it was actually an eye problem that you just didn't take in what was said to you.
Get them to go over it again - ask what they saw, how severe they thought it was, when do you go back for a check up (as you don't give any indication what they said about that) and have they any advice on what to do in the meantime. eg using a saltwater bath can help reduce surface swelling but you really do not want to do ANYTHING until you really know what you are dealing with.
If it IS hydrops - as Sajeev says, it WILL resolve itself - but it is frustrating waiting for it do so.
But DO give Moorfields a ring and let us know what they say.
Best of luck
Lynn
-
Sweet
- Committee
- Posts: 2240
- Joined: Sun 10 Apr 2005 11:22 pm
- Keratoconus: Yes, I have KC
- Vision: Graft(s) and contact lenses
- Location: London / South Wales
No the sad thing is i didnt notice any more pain as i have chronic pain anyway and so didt really notice any difference until it was probably too late. The first three days was the same, until before i tried to go to work, then i had no pain at all!. Really odd, my eye was just numb and it didnt feel like i had a lens in at all. Thats when i went to A and E though i think they thought i was mad to be going and complaining of NO pain. But i know what my eyes are like and this was very different and i knew something wasnt right.
I called Moorfields back this morning to find out what was said, they were lovely and reassured me, It is oedema which they say could be early hydrops but that i have caught it early enough, and to leave my lens out and take the eye drops for a week and to go back if any problems. Is this oedema just caused by a lens? And will it just drain on its own? They did mention some corneal rubbing because of my lens, but again i suffer with that all the time anyway so apart from constant blurred and really 'foggy' vision there is no difference. The drops i know are antibiotics though not really sure why i have them, my eye is always red, but if they think it will work im up for it!
Just hoping it will only take a week as i had so much planned to do and again cant see to do it. Am just totally fed up with this.
It is ok about replying here, i know i need to leave my lens out and take the drops, just needed some hope that i wont be blind for too long, and both your posts reassured me, so thanks a lot. I know it is hard to take advice from the internet especially as you havent seen me so you only have words on a screen! I just felt totally depressed about it all again after getting home it just seems that one thing clears up and another one comes along. Have heard of hydrops but in 12 years have been lucky enough to have missed out. Just hoping it goes away soon.
I know just rest rest rest and more rest!
Thanks again, Claire X x X
I called Moorfields back this morning to find out what was said, they were lovely and reassured me, It is oedema which they say could be early hydrops but that i have caught it early enough, and to leave my lens out and take the eye drops for a week and to go back if any problems. Is this oedema just caused by a lens? And will it just drain on its own? They did mention some corneal rubbing because of my lens, but again i suffer with that all the time anyway so apart from constant blurred and really 'foggy' vision there is no difference. The drops i know are antibiotics though not really sure why i have them, my eye is always red, but if they think it will work im up for it!
Just hoping it will only take a week as i had so much planned to do and again cant see to do it. Am just totally fed up with this.
It is ok about replying here, i know i need to leave my lens out and take the drops, just needed some hope that i wont be blind for too long, and both your posts reassured me, so thanks a lot. I know it is hard to take advice from the internet especially as you havent seen me so you only have words on a screen! I just felt totally depressed about it all again after getting home it just seems that one thing clears up and another one comes along. Have heard of hydrops but in 12 years have been lucky enough to have missed out. Just hoping it goes away soon.
I know just rest rest rest and more rest!
Thanks again, Claire X x X
-
jayuk
- Ambassador
- Posts: 2148
- Joined: Sun 21 Mar 2004 1:50 pm
- Location: London / Manchester / Cheshire
Hi
I had the same as you arund 18 mnths ago...woke up, put my scleral in thought I had a bubble in the lens as couldnt see clearly and it was misty.....did the same thing again....but couldnt clean in.....then realised it was Hydrops as I had heard of this....so went to the A&E
In my experience, I also did not have ANY pain..but on the 3rd / 4th day it started to hurt a little. If it is a mini hydrops case than from reading about this and experince it should clear up in a matter of weeks....if its not as in my case I had to wait 7 months....but from what you have said I dont thin the tear was as bad...if it was...
Another thing to bear in mind here.....and what my A&E didnt tell me was not to do anything that will exert pressure in the head/eyes......this CAN potentially increase the Hydrops as the tear increases........so just bear that in mind.
As Lynn said, they have given you anti biotics and the reason for this is to avert infection as the inside of the cornea now has been exposed to fluid which could cause problems if not addressed..............Let us now how the next few days goes.......as another option for Hydrops is steroids which helps heal the Cornea faster and decreases corneal scarring.....but this will be advised by your specialist........alone
I had the same as you arund 18 mnths ago...woke up, put my scleral in thought I had a bubble in the lens as couldnt see clearly and it was misty.....did the same thing again....but couldnt clean in.....then realised it was Hydrops as I had heard of this....so went to the A&E
In my experience, I also did not have ANY pain..but on the 3rd / 4th day it started to hurt a little. If it is a mini hydrops case than from reading about this and experince it should clear up in a matter of weeks....if its not as in my case I had to wait 7 months....but from what you have said I dont thin the tear was as bad...if it was...
Another thing to bear in mind here.....and what my A&E didnt tell me was not to do anything that will exert pressure in the head/eyes......this CAN potentially increase the Hydrops as the tear increases........so just bear that in mind.
As Lynn said, they have given you anti biotics and the reason for this is to avert infection as the inside of the cornea now has been exposed to fluid which could cause problems if not addressed..............Let us now how the next few days goes.......as another option for Hydrops is steroids which helps heal the Cornea faster and decreases corneal scarring.....but this will be advised by your specialist........alone
-
Lynn White
- Optometrist
- Posts: 1398
- Joined: Sat 12 Mar 2005 8:00 pm
- Location: Leighton Buzzard
OK Claire...
You sound as if you have some corneal abrasion and generalised oedema.
The oedema is caused by an influx of fluid into the cornea - either from the front surface - in which case it is down to the minor abrasions from your lens - or from the back surface which is down to a minor tear in the endothelium as Jayuk says.
Either way, the increase in fluid presses on the corneal nerves thus causing an anaesthetic effect - which is why you felt no pain. If you have a big tear - the sudden influx of fluid does ususally cause immediate pain - but people are different as you can see from Jayuk's answer.
I would say from what they said, they think it more likely to be from corneal abrasion - which is why they gave you the antibitioic to prevent any secondary infection. As the cornea heals, then the usual pumping mechanism gets going and the cornea clears. Wearing the lens would hinder this as the eye needs all the oxygen from the atmosphere it can to repair itself - and teh lens reduces this.
All in all it sounds a most reassuring Moorfields report and just take a chance to relax in the sun as Gareth said..
Lynn
You sound as if you have some corneal abrasion and generalised oedema.
The oedema is caused by an influx of fluid into the cornea - either from the front surface - in which case it is down to the minor abrasions from your lens - or from the back surface which is down to a minor tear in the endothelium as Jayuk says.
Either way, the increase in fluid presses on the corneal nerves thus causing an anaesthetic effect - which is why you felt no pain. If you have a big tear - the sudden influx of fluid does ususally cause immediate pain - but people are different as you can see from Jayuk's answer.
I would say from what they said, they think it more likely to be from corneal abrasion - which is why they gave you the antibitioic to prevent any secondary infection. As the cornea heals, then the usual pumping mechanism gets going and the cornea clears. Wearing the lens would hinder this as the eye needs all the oxygen from the atmosphere it can to repair itself - and teh lens reduces this.
All in all it sounds a most reassuring Moorfields report and just take a chance to relax in the sun as Gareth said..
Lynn
-
John Smith
- Moderator
- Posts: 1941
- Joined: Thu 08 Jan 2004 12:48 am
- Keratoconus: Yes, I have KC
- Vision: Graft(s) and spectacles
- Location: Sidcup, Kent
Return to “General Discussion Forum”
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: Google [Bot] and 42 guests