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What should i do? My vision is deteriorating

Eye Conditions | Last Active: Jun 17 8:50am | Replies (29)

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@kayabbott

@arisza9110, an eye clinic or Urgent Care might get you a sooner appt; can your primary care doctor push for a appt even if with another eye doctor? I sometimes find "wtf" helpful, better than letting stress build up. I have some damage to my optic nerves (no pain), and as of this year, severe dry eye and (no symptoms) dry AMD. My dry eyes hurt and are blurry if I don't use Refresh or Systane preservative-free (PF) eye drops or eye gel (my eyes react to Visine or cheap eye drops). In the off chance this helps, if one's eyes dry out, we are blind. Is your vision worse if there is air flow (eyes dry out faster). My vision is normal as long as I use PF eye drops, otherwise it drops to 20-40 and worse, and my eyes are blurry, and feel gritty, and swollen. I now use a heated eye mask to hopefully increase oil production from the glands at the base of eye lashes (otherwise eyes dry out faster), and clean my lids with OcuSoft or gentle soap (mites can cause eye problems). Since you said the diagnosis was normal, that suggests no macular drusen or associated AMD (which also wouldn't cause the pain). My husband get retinal migraines, but your doctors should have noted that. He treats them with avoiding stress, wearing dark glasses outside, and resting for 20 min until they are gone. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/24262-blurred-vision

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Yes…I would also be very concerned if eyes suddenly got worse!

What Kay said is very correct. Dry rye and mites are common issues. Has an eye dr ruled that out yet? Dry eye is very hard to deal with and I use warm compresses as well. If that helps some, that is a good way to test if dry eye is the main culprit first. Of course drs will also say age is a factor as well.

I wish you luck and hope you find a good dr. They are very hard to find. Best advice I can give to anyone is to do lots of research snd get other opinions before letting them do ANY kind of procedure.