Slight ghosting 8 weeks after abrasion

[caviar413]

Got an abrasion 8 weeks ago right next to axis of vision.  It healed after a few days and the edema went away.  Now 8 weeks later I see letters on the screen with slight shadows which makes reading blurry if I only look with my recently injured eye.  however with two eyes open my vision is perfectly clear.  An eye doctor recently saw a tiny haze that could create this vision problem.  Initially I saw double, then with shadow.  I guess the ghosting got reduced.  long distance vision was bad but is now as good as before.  What worries me is that in the morning I see perfectly clear for about 30 minutes and then the vision starts to deteriorate slowly but certainly throughout the day.  It goes to a point where each letter on a screen or book has a slight shadow.  I also see floaters from that eye.  The doctor said that the abrasion healed perfectly so what could cause this trouble?  Can an abrasion create a permanent change?  Can a haze go away overtime?

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Yes an abrasion can leave a permament scar, a problem with recurrent erosions or unmask a pre-existing refractive error. Suggest you see a cornea specialize for a second opoinion.

JCH MD

[caviar413]

Will do definitely but am I describing symptoms of a scar?  Also why do I wake up in the morning with a clear vision?

Also I am applying Muro 128 every night.

Can a scar go away with PRK?

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

1. cannot diagnose scar without seeing eye
2. May be that the Muro 128 reduces the swelling overnight, it has sodium chlorid *saleine) in it and ***** fluid out of cornea
3. if scar is shallow and troublesome PRK can remove. Deep scars not so.

JCH MD

[caviar413]

My injury left a very small haze hard to see if you don't know it's there.  It's there but it's fading week after week.  However the injury led to an irregular astigmatism.  This is causing the slight blurry vision or ghosting.

My doc believes that once the haze is completely gone the cells might start to even out and reduce or eliminate the irregular astigmatism.  This is what is causing my vision trouble at this time.

Do you agree that an irregular astigmatism caused by a corneal abrasion that left a scar or haze that is slowly improving, or going away, might vanish as well overtime?