[blindkid] question about possible symptoms

[DrV]

In addition to retinal detachment, small bleeds under the retina can cause
this (may not always be obvious) or tension on the retinal from scar
tissue.
Eric

On 4/3/13 10:50 AM, "Lynda Zwinger" <lyndaz918 at gmail.com> wrote:

>thanks, Julie--Yes, he's being monitored by his glaucoma specialist, and
>he's the first doctor we called.  He's going to find us someone who will
>do
>an ultrasound of the eye area to see if something else is going on as
>well.
>
>Lynda
>
>On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Julie Yanez <jyanez112 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Has the pressure been measured? With my daughter, when her eye pressure
>> rises, she gets headaches and dizziness as well.
>> On Apr 3, 2013 9:50 AM, "Lynda Zwinger" <lyndaz918 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Good morning everyone,
>> >
>> > I'm writing to ask if anyone recognizes some symptoms my son has been
>> > having.  We do have him lined up with three doctors (and counting,
>>lol),
>> > but parents have always been my "go-to" when I need to start figuring
>> > things out.
>> >
>> > My 14-year old (yikes! how did that happen?) son's blindness is of
>> unknown
>> > origin, though we do know he has glaucoma (he's taking drops for it).
>>He
>> > has significant corneal scarring (also unknown origin) and some
>>physical
>> > anomalies in the part of the eyes that his doctors have been able to
>>look
>> > at (the scarring is an obstruction).
>> >
>> > He's had two episodes now, very brief ones a couple of weeks apart,
>>of:
>> > sharp pain in one eye (his "good" one which has a little sight)
>> accompanied
>> > by a very brief blackout of vision (like when you stand up too
>>suddenly
>> > sometimes--but he hasn't been changing positions in either episode),
>>and
>> > mild dizziness. No headache.
>> >
>> > I'm not one to worry over every little thing, and this may be one of
>> those,
>> > but it's twice now, so I'm on the scent.
>> >
>> > Is this kind of thing familiar to anyone?
>> >
>> > thanks very much,
>> > Lynda
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