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caused by drusens ?
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caused by drusens ?
by 5234, May 02, 2007 12:00AM
Thanks for the answer about why when I look only thru my right eye straight lines look bent.If you agree with my other doctors that is caused by drusens and NOT Macular degeneration Can they also cause areas of vision to be sometime be missing,like reading newspaper or looking at the amsler chart ( reading only thru my right eye) which now stays red and dry all the time.I can not stop looking thru the one eye. Can anxiety make my eye worse than it is? also do you know any web sites that talk about drusens without talking about AMD. THANKS FOR PUTING UP WITH MY WORRYS.
Doctor's Answer
by Forum-OD-MP, May 02, 2007 12:00AM
'Can they also cause areas of vision to be sometime be missing,like reading newspaper or looking at the amsler chart ( reading only thru my right eye)'
yes. all the same problem, assumedly the drusen.
'which now stays red and dry all the time.'
unrelated in any way to the drusen.
'Can anxiety make my eye worse than it is?'
no.
'also do you know any web sites that talk about drusens without talking about AMD'
no. they're similar problems and probably related, so they're always going to be mentioned together.
yes. all the same problem, assumedly the drusen.
'which now stays red and dry all the time.'
unrelated in any way to the drusen.
'Can anxiety make my eye worse than it is?'
no.
'also do you know any web sites that talk about drusens without talking about AMD'
no. they're similar problems and probably related, so they're always going to be mentioned together.
no way to know who would tell who what. lots of times if vision is not affected, docs including myself dont look really, really hard for every possible minute thing that could be present. i mean, yeah...if the drisen were OBVIOUS to the doc or if your vision was affected, they should have been mentioned. thats like saying the lime green leisure suit lady bumped into my car in the parking lot. cant "skip" mentioning that. but if vision is FINE and drusen are SUBTLE and hard to find...no i doubt any doc would mention them.
no, there is no "always" anything in medicine.
Straight lines appear bent
When I close my left eye, Straight lines appear bent or curved in the right eye.With small areas of vision missing only in that 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 could be the cause of my proplem but not100% .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. With a lot of anxety .THANKS ***@****