Any longhaulers noticing vision changes?

Posted by holly1972 @holly197205, Aug 24, 2022

Has anyone noticed vision changes who are long haulers ? I have astigmatism and have worn contacts for probably 25 years,however I was just beginnig to need a weak OTC reading lense to read, I was 48 at the time I had covid. In OTC readers I wore a +1.50 my eye doctor had told me not to buy anything stronger than a +1.75 until I seen him again the following year. About 6 months after having covid in a period of about 2 months my reading vision began rapidly deteriorating. I had to buy a +2.75 ! I went to my eye doctor and began explaining to him what happened & the first thing he asked me was if I'd had covid & if I was sick longer than a couple of weeks (I will sick for 4 months). He said it had happened with other patients. He dialated my eyes & checked them out & said he couldn't see any damage to my eyes. However, now it seems as if my fat away vision isn't exactly as it should be. It's only been 4 months since I went to the eye doctor but I'm thinking I may have to go back before April of 2023 for my next visit.
Has anyone else had this happen to them & if so what were you told by your doctor? This is just one of the slew of problems I have from covid. Any information would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance and God bless us all and may we all get thru this together.

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I wish you well and praying for you straightaway. Now to the vision wow I thought it was aging related or the way I was sleeping bc Dr's said so, along with "oh no it's not covid" "long covid doesn't exist " yeah right try to convince us! Those that don't experience it don't understand it, and that's why I'm here. I wake up with blurry eyes, red, swollen, tearful and it takes time to adjust to the light I have yet to go to eye doctor I have fear of them. This started over 1year ago, at least, my c19 birthday 4/7/2020 diag. "False negative" I was told usual "stay away from everyone for 2 weeks,"blah blah blah following test results false negative false positive again and again I gave up on testing bc I've had so many other tests with results of organ inflammation of; liver, bladder, gall bladder, kidney, bile, bileduct, intestines, pulmonary nodules, oh gosh I know I'm missing a few hearing loss loss of taste food tasteless and bad at times loss of appetite forgetting even to eat I don't get hunger pains but I do have notes all over apt. Do this don't do that already did this whatever is in fridge and freezer I now have blackouts I don't remember a days worth of a day yet I don't have c19 oh my bad what's yours

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None of my business but I'll share I an NOT vexed for my Auto Immune I can not be. I volunteered with Astra-Zenaca in 7/2020 they turned me down bc of Lupus, Sclerdema, both Auto Immune. It was explained that my normal Immune system fights off the bad but also the good and being in a clinical trial would give false results. I also tried with pfysier(spelledwrong), bio-n-tech, Moderna and last call I got was from JEM in Atlanta Florida, hours away from me, and again when I mentioned Lupus I was immediately told no and I was being removed from all clinical trials. So I guess the word was spread and I'm out of clinical that I think I could have been helpful to. So over 2 years later now long hauler and suffering I only wonder did these companies know something they weren't telling too obvious why they didn't want me involved I always wondered could people who have AI be useful but not wanted for a SPECIAL reason..We are SPECIAL

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Yes. My vision has changed 3 times in the past year. I've had about 5 bouts of pink eye. I wear one contact in my left eye do I don't have to wear bifocals. Well when I went 3 weeks ago he said I couldn't ever wear contacts again. My cornea showed like 5 irregularities, almost like little holes. I have an appt next week. He said at my last appt he hopes we can do things to save my vision. Hoping we can which would require cataract surgery.

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Vision is only one thing thar has changed and contues to change at times daily. I will have catarac surgery next week. At this time my optometrist cannot see my retina and will be unable to determine the cause of the eye changes until he can do so. But I do see changes constantly and battle to have any sight.

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As soon as I got C19 my myopia got worse. I put it down to fever. But it’s getting progressively worse. I now have to wear corrective lenses all day. It cost me $600 for new glasses. And already after another month I need to get the prescription adjusted. It disturbs my reading, comprehension and concentration. Hard to work. I have anxiety around becoming legally blind now. Just don’t know how much sight I will lose. My eyes are dry and I often wake with swelling and pink skin around one or the other. I use eye irrigation drops frequently throughout the day and take breaks from the screen every hour. I’ve noticed changing focus from long to short or vice versa, ineed to blink and wait for my eyes to adjust.

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My eyes get tired easily and goes blurry. I had cataract surgery some time ago.

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@duckee

Vision is only one thing thar has changed and contues to change at times daily. I will have catarac surgery next week. At this time my optometrist cannot see my retina and will be unable to determine the cause of the eye changes until he can do so. But I do see changes constantly and battle to have any sight.

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My good vision greatly affected when recovering from Covid. Finally had optometrist appt and tried to explain vision everchanging and eyes seem to get tired and blurred etc like rest of body symptoms. He insisted I continue to blink, do testing, vision got worse and next day my head, neck , and eyes were horrible. Not issue getting use to glasses as months later vision still worse with tired or increased symptoms. Hope this helps!

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My nystagmus that I have had since I was a baby, has gotten WAY worse. And my vision is shaky. I'm supposed to see a neuro opthamologist (sp?) next week. I am hoping to do more exercises for my eyes, and not sure whether that will help at this point.

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@law59

My good vision greatly affected when recovering from Covid. Finally had optometrist appt and tried to explain vision everchanging and eyes seem to get tired and blurred etc like rest of body symptoms. He insisted I continue to blink, do testing, vision got worse and next day my head, neck , and eyes were horrible. Not issue getting use to glasses as months later vision still worse with tired or increased symptoms. Hope this helps!

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Yes, I have.
See my post "Weird Covid Symptom"
From early 2022.
Good luck with yours.
Jeff

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Me! This is me! Saw an eye doctor last July and got prescription readers that worked up until around 6 weeks ago. They were 1.10 in one eye and 1.25 in the other. Covid over Christmas, then six weeks ago I start having to up the magnification with store bought readers and now I am up to 2.75. I’m terrified. I came here to read if this happened to anyone else. I don’t have eye care insurance this year and the doctor seems to think I should wait and see if things resolve. I don’t want to go blind.
Up until Covid my far away vision was perfect but now I am experiencing issues with that.

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