after using eye drops for scleritis I had partial vision loss why
hello after going through your history I understand that you have two concerns firstly what has gone wrong and the second is how to fix it from what you have mentioned in your query I can tell that you have at least two problems interfering with your vision corneal scarring due to the viral infection of the cornea this is an end stage and can be corrected using a corneal transplant although the information you have provided is quite detailed it would be useful to have a photo of your cornea the round black part of your eye this is to check for corneal ulcers or scarring optic disc damage or glaucoma I think this may be present as well it is a common side effect of long term prednisone and probably why your second doctor said that a corneal transplant will make this worse as the problem is too deep in the eye once again although your description is detailed glaucoma cannot be ruled out by this limited information please send a photo of your doctors reports or at least the intraocular pressure readings coming to the cure corneal scarring can be cured with a corneal transplant but I am afraid if you have glaucoma there is no way to get back the vision you lost all we can hope to achieve is not to let further damage to the disc happen I hope this helps
hello doctor I saw an ophthalmologist for what I thought was a pink eye infection the following issues were addressed acute sudden onset inflammation of the conjunctive the membrane that covers the white part of the eye causing the white part of the eye to become red and irritated with the formation of little bumps inside of the inner eyelid and misalignment of the eyelashes which rub against the eyeball causing irritation his diagnosis was some type of scleritis he wrote a prescription for drops with an antibiotic and told me to give it a few weeks to clear up and nothing serious within a month there was little marked improvement so I went to see him again he was amazed that there was no improvement and laughed he said all of my patients get better with this medicine except you should probably check with the pharmacy and see if this was a bad batch maybe it got too hot on the truck I was literally taken back he took me off of that medicine and told me to get over the counter drops similar to no more tears I did and used for one more week with no improvement I called his nurse at his office and he prescribed prednisolone acetate drops which did seem to eliminate the white blisters on the white of my eye however my eye started to hurt as if someone was stabbing it with a needle over and over at random times by the next day morning I lost a part of my vision in my left eye it was as if someone smeared my lens with vaseline blurry and looked like I was looking through frosted glass and also painful I called his office and he was on vacation so they referred me to the physician on call at another facility the doctor was shocked that this had gone on for so long he was afraid my vision was in danger because of nontreatment he diagnosed me with dendritic keratitis and shingles of the eye cornea he did not want me going back to the previous doctor I have been with him since trying to get this fixed he prescribed me the shingles medicine valtrex the shingles in the eye are getting better now but the damage which could have been prevented has taken its toll my left eye is left with a smear laziness fog or frost vision which makes it impossible to focus especially with both eyes open I asked him about a possible cornea transplant and he said the damage was likely too deep in the eye to make a difference in fact that could even make it worse is this true I now see two blurry red light traffic signals covered in frost or haze he said the haze would be permanent my wife and I are almost retired and wanted to travel before this happened please let me know what I can do in this matter or any surgical recommendations the prognosis for full recovery was bleak when talking to another doctor