posted
Hi, I am hoping you may have some info on my latest symptom/health problem. I am experiencing eye pain...like an ice pick going into my eye.
I went to the eye dr. today and she said it was eye inflamation and that it could be due to Lyme.
I am on Flagyl and have found that my eye has been more sensitive to things. I am not sure if that happened before I got on the meds in November (4 months ago) or if it was before that.
So, I am wondering if this is a Lyme issue or a Flagyl issue or something else. I would appreciate your information. Thank you.
Posts: 53 | From USA | Registered: Jan 2013
| IP: Logged |
posted
I never had that Lyme eye symptom, but I had others. I drink mangosteen juice to clear up inflammationary eye symptoms. Healthfood stores carry brands - I like mango-xan as it's the most tart. I drink a little in the am and pm.
Posts: 13116 | From San Francisco | Registered: May 2006
| IP: Logged |
posted
Lyme causes dry eyes. Ask your doctor for a prescription for restasis. It won't completely fix the problem but it will help.
Without it, I keep getting iritis or schleritis.
-------------------- Faithful
Just sharing my experience, I am not a doctor. Posts: 2682 | From Colorado | Registered: Oct 2009
| IP: Logged |
lpkayak
Honored Contributor (10K+ posts)
Member # 5230
posted
my eye pain went away when i treated babs
-------------------- Lyme? Its complicated. Educate yourself. Posts: 13712 | From new england | Registered: Feb 2004
| IP: Logged |
lpkayak
Honored Contributor (10K+ posts)
Member # 5230
posted
my opthalmologist told me restasis was really a bad drug and would make things worse...so i didnt use it. im not a doc of course-but just want to put it out there ... he said its one of those drugs the drug companies just want to make money on
he told me to use 1000mg flax oil in the morning. for me that helps a lot. i have terrible dry eyes.
but it doesnt solve the problem...but i do trust this doc
unrelated to eyes...i take reflux drugs...and i know they are hurting me and making other things worse but i jsut cant live without them-so we all gotta do what we gotta do
-------------------- Lyme? Its complicated. Educate yourself. Posts: 13712 | From new england | Registered: Feb 2004
| IP: Logged |
beaches
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 38251
posted
My eyes feel like they're going to fly out of my head from the pressure. They are also so very dry.
I've been to opthalmologists, including one who is LL.
I did steroid drops which did nothing. I've been on restassis for months which has done little to nothing. I've also been on Argentyn 23 drops which have also done little to nothing. I've also been drinking mangosteen juice which also has done little to nothing to relieve my symptoms.
I am constantly adding drops to my eyes to keep them hydrated. At this point, I'm beyond frustrated.
Posts: 1885 | From here | Registered: Jul 2012
| IP: Logged |
TF
Frequent Contributor (5K+ posts)
Member # 14183
posted
My dry eye went away when I got good lyme treatment. I was so glad!
Posts: 9931 | From Maryland | Registered: Dec 2007
| IP: Logged |
posted
That's weird because just last week I woke up in the middle of the night with shooting/throbbing eye pain. It was awful. I never experienced that before. I was diagnosed with Lyme in Oct.2012. Currently I'm on Doxy. I blame the eye pain on the Lyme disease/or Bartonella. I have improved some but still I feel each day I never know what symptom I'm going to have. The eye pain went away the next day.
Posts: 84 | From way over the rainbow | Registered: Oct 2012
| IP: Logged |
posted
Two prominent LLMD's told me to use restasis along with a well known opthalomologist who is lyme literate.
Don't know why anyone would be told restasis is bad. When I went off of it, I got iritis and almost lost my vision in my eye.
I take 1000 mg of flax and 3000 mg of fish oil daily. It isn't enough to fix the problem. I also use mangosteen juice. All help, but if I did not use restasis, I would lose my sight.
All will be better when Lyme is gone and I can stop the restasis, but in the meantime, my LLMD said to save my eyes at all costs. All the treatment takes time and you have to do something in the meantime to reduce the inflammation and dryness while you are treating.
-------------------- Faithful
Just sharing my experience, I am not a doctor. Posts: 2682 | From Colorado | Registered: Oct 2009
| IP: Logged |
The Lyme Disease Network is a non-profit organization funded by individual donations. If you would like to support the Network and the LymeNet system of Web services, please send your donations to:
The
Lyme Disease Network of New Jersey 907 Pebble Creek Court,
Pennington,
NJ08534USA http://www.lymenet.org/
UBBFriend: Email this page to someone!
Printer-friendly view of this topic