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Straight lines appear bent?
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Straight lines appear bent?
by 5234, Apr 23, 2007 12:00AM
Straight lines appear bent
When I close my left eye, Straight lines appear bent or curved in the right eye. My eye doctor sent me to a retina consultant; he did not find any macular degeneration, Retinal detachment or a pucker. He said he did not see any thing that would be the cause of my symptoms.He sent me to Duke University eye center.They only found a few hard drusens that they felt would not be the cause of my problems.Doctor Said lets just keep A eye on it and see if it changes. I still have a lot of anxiety about my eye .Do you recongnize any thing that would cause my symptoms ?other than the retina I am a white male 58 years old. THANKS,
When I close my left eye, Straight lines appear bent or curved in the right eye. My eye doctor sent me to a retina consultant; he did not find any macular degeneration, Retinal detachment or a pucker. He said he did not see any thing that would be the cause of my symptoms.He sent me to Duke University eye center.They only found a few hard drusens that they felt would not be the cause of my problems.Doctor Said lets just keep A eye on it and see if it changes. I still have a lot of anxiety about my eye .Do you recongnize any thing that would cause my symptoms ?other than the retina I am a white male 58 years old. THANKS,
Doctor's Answer
by Forum-OD-MP, Apr 23, 2007 12:00AM
no. if multiple docs have looked and come up with a diagnosis of 'drusen', then thats probably whats causing your distortion. drusen certainly can cause distortion as you describe. nothing really you can do about it. wait and see...
http://www.vrmny.com/index.html
if you are not in the NY tristate area, they are nationally known you can call their offices and maybe if you speak to the receptionsit they can have a referall for you of a doctor in your state.
no. i dont know how it is in Russia, but here in the U.S. nobody can make it through multiple eye examinations at a retinal specialist AND at a university referral site and just be "checked by ophthalmoscope only". one has to assume that if they were seen by multiple docs, they had multiple tests other than direct ophthalmoscopy.
alchris: yes, CSR is technically possible in the case of this poster...but a little unlikely for a diagnosis like that to get past multiple docs including a retinal specialist.
Can, can, can... I hope, that nobody...
Let wait post from 5234 (after fluor. angiography, i hope).
Thanks to Alchris
You only had small hard drusen in both eyes and we could not even say you had macular degeneration. Drusen can cause some distortion depending on their location and since all else looked normal, we attributed the distortion in the right eye to the drusen clumping. The symptoms will likely remain. Your findings are not uncommon. You do not have central serous retinopathy ---we would have seen that. All testing was otherwise negative.
I am not concerned about any other diagnoses. You could discuss with your medical doctor and they could get an MRI of your head to make sure all is well but I do not know of anything that can cause distortion in one eye that would be seen on an MRI. It may help relieve your concerns however.
If you would like to get another opinion, you can see one of my colleagues here (there are 9 other retina docs here) or someone in charlotte which may be closer Or I can refer you to anyone in the US that you would like to see---there are some medical retina specialists at Hopkins in Baltimore where I did all of my training in the early to mid 1990s. Happy to help!
Drusen do not cause pain. Your eyes may feel dry from straining and you can use over the counter artificial tears to lubricate them and improve comfort.
PLEASE don't worry about your eyes!!!!! Would you like to talk with our social worker? She is wonderful!
hope that helps.