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Pigment Dispersion Syndrome
Hello, the eye specialist said I have 25% or 1/4 chances of developing pigment glaucoma. Should I be worried about going blind one day? Is this treatable?
Ok, thank you! When we spoke about the percentage of developing pigment glaucoma at 35%, to what timeline does this refer? Lifetime? 5-10 years, etc?
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Lifetime
Ok, thank you very much John for all your replies. I'm sorry to bother a lot, it's just since I heard I have PDS it has caused all kinds of worry.
Ok, thank you very much John for all your replies. I'm sorry to bother a lot, it's just since I heard I have PDS it has caused all kinds of worry.
Learn to live with it there are far worse things that affect the eyes.
You're right. Thank you. God bless you for all the kindness you have brought.
Amen
Today, when I woke up I experiencing flashing lights around my vision. And, when I went back to sleep and woke up later on it was gone. It usually happens when I wake up. So far, I've not experienced anything familiar throughout the day. I'm just wondering if this can be associated with optical migraine or something else?
It could be especially if you are young and healthy, if it lasted more than 10 minutes and if there was some headache before, during or after. Discuss with your ophthalmologist.
Ok, thank you.
Ok, thank you.
One interesting thing going on with my vision is that whenever I tend to focus on a word or sentence, it would tend to shift left and right, or up and down. My eye doctor said it's due to a neurological disorder, I did a MRI and everything came fine. Would you know why this is occuring? Can cataract or pigment cause this?
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Not cataract or PDS.
Oh, okay. So, maybe it can be the way my eyes function neurologically or my astigmatism.
Not astigmatism.
Hello,
There was one night that I woke up with intense pain on my left eye and it continued for about 5-10 minutes and it never occurred again. Not sure if this was associated with a early symptom of glaucoma due to my pigment dispersion syndrome. Or, just something else. Other then that, I did notice that when I sit on my bed, and start reading, or go to a room that is bright I tend to notice that in a blink of a second my vision seems to go dark (split second and comes back). Not sure if it’s the light bulbs, but I’m starting to think more it’s due to my vision. I’m just not sure if it’s associated to glaucoma or something serious. This year I’ve been to a lot of doctors and none ruled out glaucoma, my last appointment with my glaucoma specialist was 1 month ago and everything seemed fine. Should I see him again? Is it possible for glaucoma to develop really fast and go blind? I’m really scared to lose my vision.
There was one night that I woke up with intense pain on my left eye and it continued for about 5-10 minutes and it never occurred again. Not sure if this was associated with a early symptom of glaucoma due to my pigment dispersion syndrome. Or, just something else. Other then that, I did notice that when I sit on my bed, and start reading, or go to a room that is bright I tend to notice that in a blink of a second my vision seems to go dark (split second and comes back). Not sure if it’s the light bulbs, but I’m starting to think more it’s due to my vision. I’m just not sure if it’s associated to glaucoma or something serious. This year I’ve been to a lot of doctors and none ruled out glaucoma, my last appointment with my glaucoma specialist was 1 month ago and everything seemed fine. Should I see him again? Is it possible for glaucoma to develop really fast and go blind? I’m really scared to lose my vision.
Pigment dispersion glaucoma does not develop "really fast" the only type of glaucoma that develops really fast is called acute angle closure glaucoma and that only in short eyes with narrow anterior segment. If your eyes were shaped like that the doctors would have told you and NOT dilated your eyes and WOULD have recommended a laser iridectomy.
The risk is higher about 35%. If you want to know more about PDS follow this link: http://www.aao.org/eyenet/article/dx-tx-of-pigment-dispersion-syndrome-pigmentary-gl The chances of going blind are extremely small if you see an ophthalmologist at least yearly to see if you are in the 35%. While PDS is somewhat more difficult to treat than ordinary glaucoma it is still treatable.
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Ok, thank you for providing me with this additional information. I'll read into it. Should I be really concerned about this? I would like it not to effect my daily life thinking about the chance of losing my eyesight. To be honest, I'm worried because it is indeed 35% - that is very high. And, glaucoma does indeed lead to damage to the eyesight.
Yes 35% if very high but most glaucoma patients don't lose their eyesight and most of those that do either didn't know they had it until it had done a large amount of damage or they did not use their drops or see an ophthalmologist. If you are compliant meaning you see your ophthalmologist a minimum of once/year and have some special glaucoma tests like visual field exam and optic nerve OCT and if you develop glaucoma use your eye drops or have laser the risk of going blind is less than 1%
Ok, thank you very much. That makes me feel a lot better! Yes, my glaucoma specialist wants to see me once every year!
Recent study for the first time showed a good diet could lower pressure in eye. Food is green leafy vegetable. Rich in lutein which is good for prevention of macular degeneration and also contains a plant nitrate metabolized into nitric oxide which improves blood supply to optic nerve. so eat well.
Perfect, that's really great to know. But, I think all this that I have at the moment is genetically linked. So, I will a good diet to help my vision stay sharper and stronger! I do a lot of weightlifting and running, I'm assuming this is not good for pigment dispersion syndrome?
Those sports are okay. Just don't to yoga and stand on your head.
Ok, thank you!
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