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Updated on February 02, 2010
T.C. asks from Venus, TX
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So, on Saturday my daughter said her eyes felt itchy, and stingy like she might have an eye infection trying to start. She washed them out and planned to see the doctor Monday (yesterday). Saturday night she mentioned that her eyes felt dialated. We confirmed our plan to see the doctor. Sunday she woke up and said her left eye was bothering her; and her vision was limited. I looked closely at her eye, as did her dad, and found the left pupil totally dialated and unresponsive. We went on to the ER. They did a CT scan, and a MRI, but found absolutely no cause for her eye to be dialated, or her headache. They don't feel the problem to be life threatening, but are puzzled. We were first at our local hospital, but they transferred us to Baylor Medical Center, down town Dallas. The opthomologist that saw her was excellent, and he's consulting with the head of Neurology. So, I feel quite comfortable that she's getting great care. It's just disconcerting that they haven't figured out what's going on. Everyone at the hospital that looked at her eye had the same sort of reaction. Suprise. They'd exclaim "oh, or hmmm... or that's odd"... and walk away. My daughter finally asked one of the nurses if she's ever seen this before, and she replied. "Yes, but not in a live concious patient". Now THAT's comforting. My question is have any of YOU seen anything like this? Her retina is fine. She has no signs of bleeding, tumors, or stroke in the MRI...

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K.B.

answers from Milwaukee on

Could be stress reaction, sometimes with migrains this could happen (but very rare), Adie's Pupil (which is not life threating), could be a sign of diabetes, optic neuritis, Horner syndrome, sever allergy reaction (like hey fever) or just a reaction to dust or wind... same reaction could be had due to drugs, but with test done already I am sure that is not the case... maybe go to WedMD and she if type in in a few things and see what you get http://symptoms.webmd.com/symptomchecker .

Get many opnions and keep looking for answers... there is so much out there sometimes we just have to search and bring it up to the doctors and see if it is worth looking into.

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K.D.

answers from Dallas on

My son once had something simular. We found out he had accidently gotten some of his asthma meds in his eye while doing a breathing treatment. It took about two days for it to go away. Of coarse you've been dealing with it for longer than that. Hang in there I'm sure your daughter is in good hands. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

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D.W.

answers from Indianapolis on

There's no excuse for bad bedside manner. I experienced that a few times when I was in chemo - they'd say things like, I'd need salvage chemo if I had a recurrence. That's an awful word for someone going through something - especially in your daughter's situation in which there has been no formal diagnosis yet.

I would personally recommend asking the opthamologist for referrals to colleagues he trusts for second opinions. I had to do that with my Oncologist, and he was happy to provide names of other Lymphoma experts whose opinions he regarded well and trusted to provide opinions. In the end, I went against the treatment recommendation of my own doctor based upon their opinions.

I wish you luck in getting her diagnosed and treated immediately.
Please keep us all posted on her progress.

C.C.

answers from Dallas on

This happened to a friend of mine who is in her early 40's-they thought she had an anerysm(sp?) and ran all kinds of tests. She was later told by a Dr that it was brought on by stress. Her eye is still that way and doesn't bother her.

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