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small red bumps on whites of eyes (only eye doctor can see) and slight blurry ey

by BillieW, Jan 07, 2006 12:00AM
Hi.  On one side (the side closest to my nose on my right eye in just that area.. if I look to the far left..) been having a slight blurr as if there is some thicker liquid there and one day it looked like it, but just one day.   On other days, I still get that in the corner when I look in that area as well as some sensitivity to light reflection there, very slight.  Also, it's been swelling, somedays more than others and sometimes itchy.  The eye doctor just noticed some small red bumps on the whites of my eyes, nothing I could see on them though and thought it must be allergies.

Could there be something else that might be going on though?  I'm wondering because of some of the symptoms as well as in the last 5 weeks or so I've been seeing my family doctor for blistering skinrash that I had on my arm as well as a walking pnemonia (pneumonia) a week or so after the rash and coldsores on my lips (symptoms of SJS).  I tested positive for micoplasma, but there still not sure if it could be SJS (Stevensjohnsonssymdrone instead.)  She told me to see the eye doctor as well as I was having these symptoms within this same time frame.  Is there something else I should be looking into with this or be doing?  Please let me know as it might just be allergies (I can only remember one time when I had itchy eyes, but not with the slight blurry part in the corner; so, it's not common for me.)
Oh, also, the rash is gone, through predisone, and my flu like symptoms are gone through 2 rounds of antibodics.
Thank you so much!

by Forum-OD-MP, Jan 07, 2006 12:00AM
swelling of your conjunctiva (the clear layer over the white part of your eye) is very common.  i seriously doubt it is related to sjs.  much more likely to be ALLERGIES, especially if they ITCH.

you probably need a topical rx-only antihistamine.  go see an eye doc and tell them about your "thicker liquid" and ITCHY.  those are obvious signs of allergy that few eye docs could miss.
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