Eye problems with antibiotic treatment for MAC?

Posted by joan912 @joan912, Apr 9, 2017

My husband just started the three-antibiotics therapy for MAC. One of the potential side effects is problems with vision and the eye, especially for people who have pre-existing eye problens. Has anyone experienced that? Do you go to the ophthalmologist regularly during therapy?

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@cmcclure

12/2017 my eyes were great fantastic now year later taking the big three for 14 months now I have shitty blurred vision and eye doctor examined me and said it is just old age you need glasses ( this is at the same VA that took three plus months to dx the MAC. during that time stomach pain was caused dialtion of aorta and needed open heart surgery for ascending aorta- there was nothing wrong with me it was in my head which I accepted- after digital exam i was told i had syphilis, gonorrhea and cellulitis my GF loved that one- put in isolation due to Hemoptysis,200ml one cough told I just had pneumonia and AFB was neg then frantic call to me at 8 am pronto time three weeks later told hey you got TB and by the way probably HIV GF loved that one too . So yeah im picking bones
WTH soooooooooooooooo need info to confirm blurry vision caused by drugs Mac TB and additional special testing to confirm it not JUST aging but connected to use of drugs and or infection itself. i have the regular ethambutol stuff and some ramfipin but i need something real juicy like there is no definitive testing that 100% confirms nor denies injury to the eyes. also if people are going to court to prove they got this outside their home i just set president at hearing in August that yeah it passed thru the environment from one patient to another. so to recap looking for support for manifestations of eye irregularities causes by TB and or its treatment. Thank you all signed dude whos name starts with licensed Dr. and ends with licensed nurse.....

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I also started having pulsing vision disturbances in the upper left area of my left eye. My infectious disease doctor said it was definitely from the Ethambutol and my eye doctor said it wasn't. I was taken off the Ethambutol and my vision did come back slowly after about two months.

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I am looking for anyone who have experienced "second cataracts" a couple of years after the original cataracts removed. The doctor wants to use laser to deal with them but I am concerned because I have already had a detached retina repair done on one eye after laser was used to reduce pressure as I also have suspect glaucoma.

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@ladybugmg

I am looking for anyone who have experienced "second cataracts" a couple of years after the original cataracts removed. The doctor wants to use laser to deal with them but I am concerned because I have already had a detached retina repair done on one eye after laser was used to reduce pressure as I also have suspect glaucoma.

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@ladybugmg, you may wish to start a new discussion about second cataracts in the Eye Conditions group here: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/eye-conditions/

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