I will! Thank you!I have all of the eye issues above! who would I see about getting tested for the issues you brought up?
A good Chiari specialist would know and do most of these tests.....
I personally have vertical double vision. Visual snow. Floaters and over all annoyance of not being able to see clear sooooo annoying...
I had surgery for a detached retina a few yr ago; the surgeon said my eyeball did not look normal. Never did find out what was up w/that. I'm legally blind in my right eye but am glad that I'm not totally blind!
When I woke up from surgery 2 mo ago, I was immediately yelling in pain about my right eye.
I have had oscillopsia, nystagmus & conversion disorder, which all seem to have been resolved post op. it was my neuro-ophthalmologist who scared me that compression could cause me to lose my visison.
Myself also gets the floaters,blurred and other vision issues usually daily i get the floaters on n off my NS told me it was my CSFflow that was causing all of that i would adivse you to find a good n true neurosergent that specializes in chiari.
I also have floaters and every once in a while I feel a sharp pain in my eye-hard to explain it feels like my eye is forcefully being moved. Is the general consensus that I should have an optholmologst check it out b4 surgery? Or wait to see if surgery clears it up and if not, then go to optholmologst??
Just a thought.....Have you been evaluated for a connective tissue disorder? One, in particular, involves eyes and early retinal detachment -- Stickler's Syndrome. Connective tissue disorders can be co-morbid conditions with Chiari.
I was evaluated by a rheumatologist for ErhlosDanos (sp?) and it was negative. The last time I saw my eye doctor he told me it was not unusual to have some minor retinal attachment as we experience it throughout our lives, I could be misquoting him exactly. Anyway, because I am in my 60's he said just let's keep an eye on it(no pun intended lol). Right after that I got the Chiari DX and have been so consumed with all of that - that I have not been back to the eye doctor. The pain in my eye is very infrequent, the floaters are more frequent, not daily by maybe 2-3 times a week. The doctor I went to for my eyes is not an opthomologist, and I'm wondering if I need to make an appointment with an Opth right away before surgery. I thought I read somewhere that someone was told not to see the Opht before surgery? Anyway, thanks so much and I will look up Stickler's Syndrome... June
June, I was very worried about my vision, having already had a retinal detachment. It was my ophthalmologist who sent me to the neuro-ophthalmologist, and he understood the implications of Chiari on vision. Between the two docs, I had every test available. I was comforted that my eyes were basically normal, that it was the Chiari causing the problems. I personally wanted that proof that surgery was necessary & effective.
Not sure you want to be bothered with more docs post op; I had to see both a dentist & orthopod sooner than I wanted to get out.
Hi...many have blurry vision, double vision, floaters, depth perception and night vision issues....
I would deff look into Chiari related issues like EDS, POTS, ICP to see if ne of them could be playing a role in some of ur vision issues.