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Weiss Ring
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Weiss Ring
by modular182, Mar 21, 2007 12:00AM
Last year I was diagnosed with PVD in both eyes –which left me with a weiss ring in my right eye that is destroying my life. Most days, my right eye always ends up aching and sore by mid afternoon. On bad days it gets to the point where my cheek under and to the outside of my eye starts to feel numb. I’ve had an MRI to check for MS and a VEP test to test for optic neuritis –both of which were negative. I believe the symptoms are due to my eye being overworked. I can’t live like this any more and I’m seriously considering finding a Doctor who would be willing to perform a vitrectomy on me.
I read an earlier post where you stated that the weiss ring will eventually sink to the bottom and essentially “go away”. I have a question about that: My weiss ring, from my perspective, always ends up floating back to my lower right. If the image that passes through the lens of your eye is upside-down, then my weiss ring isn’t actually always in my lower right, it’s in the upper right. Is this correct? Also, you said in the earlier post that the weiss ring will sink down. Does this really only take a year or so? Have all of your patients with these things had them go away over time, or did they just “learn to deal with it", as I’ve had so many doctors tell me I should do.?.?
Thank you,
Bryan
I read an earlier post where you stated that the weiss ring will eventually sink to the bottom and essentially “go away”. I have a question about that: My weiss ring, from my perspective, always ends up floating back to my lower right. If the image that passes through the lens of your eye is upside-down, then my weiss ring isn’t actually always in my lower right, it’s in the upper right. Is this correct? Also, you said in the earlier post that the weiss ring will sink down. Does this really only take a year or so? Have all of your patients with these things had them go away over time, or did they just “learn to deal with it", as I’ve had so many doctors tell me I should do.?.?
Thank you,
Bryan
Doctor's Answer
by Forum-OD-MP, Mar 21, 2007 12:00AM
if the image you see is in the lower right of your vision, then the weiss ring is in the upper LEFT of your eye. upside down and reversed (or 'inverted and reverted', as they say).
usually it only takes a year to sink down. but in rare cases where the disturbance is large it is possible to never go away. yes, most people can usually learn to 'deal with it'.
usually it only takes a year to sink down. but in rare cases where the disturbance is large it is possible to never go away. yes, most people can usually learn to 'deal with it'.
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