Is really bad pain in eyes a lyme symptom? It has been so bad this past week. Literally they hurt and are sore all the time. Hurt to move. Feel weird. I am wondering if there is anything I can take to help. Light sensitivity is unbearable. I am terrified of blindness.
Posted by bluelyme (Member # 47170) on :
Some one said mangosteen. ..havent tried...ocasionally feels like someone is pulling eye socket from behind..how are you treating ?
Posted by tulips (Member # 44773) on :
You need to make an apt with an ophthalmologist for a diagnosis.
In my case it is because of Lyme. My eye pain consisted of sharp pains. I thought I had Glaucoma because I'd read that eye pain can be a sx of Glaucoma but the eye doctor said I had dry eye.
Posted by susank (Member # 22150) on :
Where in Texas do you live? I see a really nice Lyme sympathetic opthamologist. Houston.
My eyes are terrible - have been for years.
Seriously doubt you will go blind. I would not worry about that.
FWIW when I go outside/in the sun I wear goggles. Tinted jockey goggles. Yeah - I look stupid but they allow me to go outside. They're about ten dollars a pair. Made my Kroops IIRC.
Def. go see an opthamologist though!
Posted by takethat89 (Member # 45625) on :
I'm in Houston. I am really concerned. I will make an appointment. It seems to be getting worse
Posted by tulips (Member # 44773) on :
And ditto on Mangosteen. You can buy it on Amazon or in a health food store. It is expensive but good for the eyes.
Posted by dal123 (Member # 6313) on :
Hi,
Can you pm me the name of your opthmo? Am in the HOU swamp. too! How did your other Dr's appt w the chinese Dr go? Was he good at the EAV testing? Id like to give him a try, how much did he cost?
Posted by susank (Member # 22150) on :
I never have tried Mangosteen - maybe I should. What kind/brand?
Dal - will PM you the name of my opthmo.
Another gal on this forum has seen him and said she thought he was arrogant. (was that you?)
Perhaps I thought the same thing when I first started seeing him so many years ago. I was so sick - so pathetic - he did not understand. Now he does - he totally gets it.
Over the years he has seen me deteriorate and he sees a few other patients that have Lyme.
IIRC he said he has been to a few Lyme/doctor conventions.
Now when I leave his office he gives me a hug. He understands how horrible Lyme is - is sympathetic and wishes he could do more to help.
Anyway, when I first started seeing him for severe dry eyes and light sensitivity - he Rx'd low dose Doxy. I took 50 mg/day for a while - then upped that to 100 mg/day. Doxy is supposed to help with dry eyes and inflammation.
Of course I was taking it not knowing I had Lyme. IIRC it made me feel better - like that small dose was doing something Lyme-wise. I think it helped my eyes as well. I took it for years. Stopped if for awhile. I might go back on it again.
I have Meibomian Gland Dysfunction, also. There are things I have to do for that.
My last visit I mentioned that I was going to try mHBOT for Lyme. He said he thought it would be helpful for my eyes.
Dal - I saw the doctor of CM and got some homeo. drops. I really like the doctor - but I think I am too complicated. Too many things going on - too difficult to explain. There is a bit of a language barrier. I am going to give mHBOT a good try. I just bought a chamber.
I am very interested in EAV/EDS and homeopathics - so if for some reason mHBOT is a bust for me - will go that route.
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
I had Lyme eye symptoms - light sensitivity, floaters, eye muscle pain and beginning blurriness - it was that last symptom that got me going to an opthalmologist. I passed all the tests even though he had to anesthetize my eyes in order for me to look at light. He wanted to give me a steroid.
This occurred shortly after I got dx'ed for Lyme and I knew better from reading that steroids were not good for us to do.
The next day my chiropractor suggested I try drinking mangosteen juice, an anti-inflammatory juice with 43 xanthone compounds in it that neutralize free radicals from all the inflammation.
So I did - I drank a bit of the juice. My eye symptoms of over two decades long were gone in 24 hours. My sinuses dripped for 48 hours and I didn't even have sinus symptoms. My intestines emptied for 72 hours. My gums stopped bleeding in 96 hours. That juice is a powerful anti-inflammatory!
I still drink about an ounce/day to keep my eyes and intestines normal. I like the Mango-Xan version as it is the most tart. You can find mangosteen juices at the health food store and online. If you try it, go slower than I did, because it can be powerful.
Yes, the Lyme bacteria like to hide out in the eyes because there's not a lot of oxygen there - they're anaerobic and go places where there isn't much oxygen.