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Eye issues after aortic surgery
I had thoracic aortic surgery June 1, 2023. Since then I have had a few Eye related issues that are concerning some I believe are ocular migraines and fit all the symptoms like silver ribbons on the sides of my vision or bright blind spots. These GI away within a few minutes.
But I have had Uncontrollable eye movements that only last a few seconds but scare me. This has happened about 4 times since my surgery.
I told my surgeon, cardiologist and my PCP and they act like this is new to them. But then I researched online and there is a lot of documentation of our issues after surgery.
Are my docs just not wanting to deal with my issues. Very frustrating.
Please let me know if anyone has had these problems and how you felt with it. I went back to work 3 months after surgery and have a very stressful job
In a Hospital Laboratory as a supervisor.
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I have never thought about eye problems being related. Can you suggest what terms or where you searched for information online.? I too have had episodes where I have more of a shiny star syndrome and I can see everything that everything is blurry enough I can’t read a single thing, it lasts maybe a minute. My aneurysm went from a 4.45 to a 4.7 in a little less than a year. Very grateful we found it due to a very aggressive approach by my primary care physician at an office visit with extremely high blood pressure.
Thank you for responding I get the shiny worm looking things on the sides at times. I also have
A very slight headache also. Have read a lot on Ocular migraines and that is one of the symptoms. Doesn’t last long maybe 20 min at the longest.
It’s the strange uncontrollable eye movements that concern me. Maybe it’s from being in the heart/ lung pump so long and my brain can’t
Reprogram. I am going to
My PCP office today.
Hopefully they will do a CT or MRI to rule out TIA’s. I think I could tolerate them and not panic.
Since my mitral valve replacement in 2020 I have occasionally had what looks like a shimmering gummy worm move from the left side of my vision to the right, and then it disappears. I have a slight headache during the episode, and then the headache goes away. I don’t know if it is the result of the OHS or a coincidence. No issues with uncontrollable eye movements.
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