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Any help from you guys that have overcome vision problems or send me PM of Opthamologist that have helped you regain fading vision.
So far only one eye is causing problems and presume its bart. Interested in hearing of any abx drops that can go to the heart of the matter also. Any helpful tips would be appreciated.
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I don't have an answer, but I know a woman who went blind in one eye after her second tick bite. She went up to Boston, to the Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary, was told that the Lyme bacteria had attacked her optic nerve, and was treated. I honestly don't know the outcome of the treatment, I lost touch with her, but you should know that Lyme can attack the optic nerve, and that you proably need to see an opthamologist who has some understanding of what Lyme can do. I don't know who her doctor at Mass Eye and Ear was. Sorry that I can't be more helpful.
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Some vision issues can be related to lyme nerve inflammation and can be temporary. Is your vision issue something that comes and goes or is it progressively getting worse over time? Have they ruled out macular degeneration, cataracts, etc?
I have had numerous eye issues due to lyme including seeing floaters, foggy vision, sensitivity to light, seeing shadows, blood shot eyes, bouncing eyes, and the snowing effect. All have improved over time with treatment. When I have a lyme flare my vision will worsen, but it goes back to normal when I feel better again.
Are you currently taking antibiotics jarjar?
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I had recently suffered an attack of Optic Neuritis. For some reason, the doctors are not sure of, the optic nerve becomes inflamed, thus causing damage to the outer sheathing of the nerve, therefor affecting vision.
This started by having pain in just one eye (it is typical of ON to affect just one eye). The pain was mainly caused by sudden and extreme eye movement such as glancing to your side or changing lanes in a car, whathaveya.
The best description I can come up with is that the vision in the affected eye is like looking through wax paper.
I started out going to a optometrist thinking that my eyes were just out of whack (and thus aching). .. nope prescription hasnt changed. Then went to an opthamologist (the first time) he found nothing. The second time the vision was wiped out. He then referred me to a retinal specialist who injected dye and photographed my eye extensively. He didnt find anything. He then referred me to an nuero-opthalmologist who then scheduled a MRI of my brain to rule out multiple sclerosis. It came back clean - final diagnosis = Optic Neuritis. No treatment. Had they caught it during the initial attack, they could have administered steroids, which only seems to slightly advance vision correction.
90% of those who have ON, having MS or not, recover "most" vision over the course of 2-6 months. Its been over two months for me and my vision is slightly better. Each person recovers a little differently.
As with Lyme, MS affects mostly women. Of the women who have an attack of ON, some 70% go on to develop MS - of men its some 30%. You may eventually be lead down the path of having an MRI taken of your head if you do indeed have ON.
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PM sent to you with name of neuro opthamologist, who is lyme literate.
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Bunher recommends stephania root tincture, and topical stephania root eyewash, for Lyme eye problems. One person on lymenet recommends Devils Claw for eyesight problems from Lyme.
Hope you get this sorted out very, very fast!!
Best to you,
Cass A
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