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Yes, I have them as part of my LD symptoms. Very annoying. Also get flashing lights every evening in my right peripheral visual field. The floaters have decreased in both intensity & duration over the past 5 months while on abx (doxy & flagyl). My LLMD says the floaters & the flashing lights will go away when the LD is brought under control. Don't know how long that will take, but LLMD thinks may need a year or maybe 2 years of abx treatment.
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quote: floaters & the flashing lights will go away when the LD is brought under control
Wishful thinking, once the vitreous gel is detached from the lining of the eye it doesn't grow back to the eye. I used to have them bad they have gotten better. I notice that the sunlight and florescent light makes the floaters worse.
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Visual Afterimage Man: [QB] How many of you out there have eye floaters caused by Lyme?
This is my most problematic symptom. I describe my eyes as snow globes - sometimes just a slight flurry going on inside the vitreous fluid ....and at other times an all out blizzard. Drs call it uveitis....now chronic uveitis. When this happens I am pretty much house bound - after a flare up it usually takes several weeks (6 to 8) before I can go back to normal, which is not what it used to be.
The most frustrating part is - the Opthamologist says this is typical of Lyme.....and the infectious disease Dr says he hasn't seen this in Lyme????? Oh yeah - and since this is my strongest complaint, he won't treat me for Lyme either. So the only thing I can do for me to be able to see is to take steroids. Of course, besides my eye problems, the rest of me feels like poop most of the time.
I have been battling this for 5 yrs. NOT FUN!! Now that I have just found this web-site, I am reading that with Lyme I certainly should not be taking steroids. So now I am really faced with a dilemma.
I am going for a spinal tap on Friday to see if they can find anything. I am not looking forward to this at all. Any advise, without scaring me half to death, would be appreciated. Thanks.
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This was my first symptom of Lyme disease, one dot floater accompanied with "sand in the eye" feeling
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AZURE WISH
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I have some floaters.
I have had lyme a long time so I am used to them..its just a few. sometimes they are more noticeable then others.
Notez2c - please find a lyme literate dr. I do not know of any in philly but there may be. If you post in seeking a dr. maybe someone will know of a llmd in philly.
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Hey you just made me realize my floaters are better-along with the bright pinprick flashing lights.
I think I will go note that on my lyme diary. I always report what's worse- not what's better! Thanks.
I still get very achy eyes and sand paper feeling which I use drops for,but the floaters have decreased. Either that or I am getting so used to them I don't notice-but like right now looking at the screen when I often would notice them- I don't see them . Carol B
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One of my closest friends underwent a spinal tap when they thought he had MS. Of course he doesn't.. he probably has Lyme, but won't admit to being tested. Anyway... for the spinal tap, he said it wasn't all that painful. He said it was a strange feeling of HOT then followed by COLD and some zings going all over his body when the needle touched his spine. He got through it. It's not fun... but it's not as bad as you are probably imagining.
You might look into Igenex blood testing. Maybe you can avoid the spinal tap? Just a thought.
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I do not have lyme, but on occasion do have floaters.
Selenium (200mcg) works for me. It takes about an hour to kick in to reduce the # of floaters.
I have a file on floaters if you want a technical explanation.
C/O flashes of lights/streaks of light makes me "jumpy" when someone says they have that.
It CAN be a symptom of retinal detachment...an emergency situation.
Drinking a lot of water, using artificial tears (preservative free), using a humidifier, wearing wrap-around sunglasses on windy days, avoiding cigarette smoke (and other smoke), avoid products that "get the red out", limit the use of hair dryers.
Supplements include: Primose oil. Vitamin A (do NOT overdose), Leutin and zeaxanthin. (Lemongrass is also supposed to be good for the eyes.)
Info. above from my Nutrition book.
Or just eat eggs!!! Very eye-nutrient friendly. Over easy helps to "save" some of the nutrients in the yolk destroyed by heating.
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I noticed my first floater 6 years ago. Family friend/optometrist said it would go away. This was long before my having something wrong with me ever entered my mind.
In the past year (about the same time other symptoms have become apparent and much worse) it has become worse and I have brand new ones (as of 2 weeks ago) in my other eye.
I've also had problems with dark adaptation for the past few months; getting to the point where I don't want to drive at night anymore.
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quote: floaters & the flashing lights will go away when the LD is brought under control
Wishful thinking, once the vitreous gel is detached from the lining of the eye it doesn't grow back to the eye.
Exactly what my eye doc said once that gel is detached it's for good, this is what causes the flashing lights. She has seen this in lyme patients and people advancing in age (60 yrs & on). I'm younger than that. She could also see all my floaters. LLMD and eye doc says they are permanent.
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AZURE WISH
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Flashing lights can go away.
They have gone away with treatment for me.
I used to have bright white light that would flash over my entire field of vision (in both eyes simeoultaneously).
The flash probaly lasted less than a second.
I haven t had this in quite a while.... defintely over a year.
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Yes I have them too, one really big one that my opthamologist called "the fly"
Flashing lights, visual trails, afterimages and extreme light sensitivity -the last improving now since taking antibiotics and lots of eye stuff lutein, zeaxanthin, beta carotene, zinc, etc...
Thanks groovy that's good news. Even tho the vitreous detatches the floaters can drop down to the bottom of the eye. (Eye garbage pail) my eye dr. explained this to me once. I did the up down exercises for a yr they didnt drop.
Vam, Im not sure how one knows if the floaters were caused by lyme. So many here have them. Mine according to dr. were caused by being very nearsighted.
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Actually I'm far sighted,can't see diddly close up and under 60 I must add.
Opthamologist can see my floaters,too-I noticed them 20 years ago-but not with the same frequency as past two years.
I just try and "play" with them when they show up,like see if I can direct their movement-I lose everytime.
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hi everyone, haven't been on in quite a while;very busy season. those doggone floaters showed up probably in '01 when i got bad lyme.they don't show up all the time, mainly when my eyes are stressed.have the gritty/dry eye syndrome.very annoying all the time.i'm very far-sighted now;use reading magnifiers a lot.I just turned 60, so that can be expected.not on abx right now;using cat's claw,polygonum,sarsaparilla,artemesias alternately.am always pushing myself physically.got rebitten about 3 weeks ago by adult female bl.legged tick,but was already having bad thigh muscle cramps for months;probably one of the coinfections which none of the tests can find! actually, not doing too badly except for some vertigo & bouts of bowel dysfunction.has anyone tried D-ribose for energy production? seems to help.hope everyone makes progress;don't let the holidays stress you!
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