Several weeks ago I suffered vision loss in left eye.About 90% of my vision returned within a week or so.I also had eye pain, headaches, fatigue and rapid heart beat at night.I have used visine eye drops for years.I took a bottle of visine out of our camper and had been using them before this happened.Am not sure how long they had been in the camper.I have had lab work done, my thyroid is fine & MRI results were optic neuritis.I have an app. with a neurologist in Nov. Is it be possible eye drops could have caused these symptoms?
What side effects could tetrahydrozoline cause if exposed to heat & cold?
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- 3+ months ago by jamesandy
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I also had high blood pressure & shortness of breath. I stopped using any eye drops & was started on Lisinopril. All the symptoms are gone. My app. in Nov. is with an optic-neurologist.
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Usually it looses it strength. As for your eyes, have you been checked for Diabetes? Also your high blood pressure can cause this. If it is out of control it can cause some of the problems you have(not usually but in a small group sampling this can happen). You have to stay on top of your health issues as it can cause many other problems.
With that 125 sugar. You need to watch it, as this is a high normal. Yet it is normal, but this is a yellow light. Your BP is approching high too. Please for your health sake try to get those numbers down some and I am sure you will feel a lot better. Interesting on your results, why did this happen. Did your doctor have a reason. If he/she did not tell you ask what you can do to prevent this.
Wishing you good health
Thanks for answering my question about the eye drops. My random blood sugar check was 125. My blood pressure was running about 160/95. Before the MRI my Dr thought my vision loss was due to my blood pressure, but the MRI showed inflamation of the optic nerve.