Gosh, Patsy thanks for posting that, I was really getting worried. Yes, I developed my floaters right after my doxy treatment. I'll never forget it it was snowing and I was on the phone and told the person I have to go wash my eyes, had mascara in it. OMG I worked on them for an hour. Went to the Dr, developed floaters. I had just been diagnosed with lyme a few weeks before that. I think it's the lyme too
I have numerous floaters exactly as you described. I don't think they are really spirochetes even though they look like worms. I think they are particles in the vitreous fluid.
i have another question for you guys,i talked to a guy here locally that has lyme and we were talking about floaters in your eye, he ask me what i saw when i see them i told him that they looked like worms with a tail,he said thats right they are the lyme the spirochete hope i spelled that right. has anybody else ever heard this, he is right thats what i see the funny thing is they are starting to go the only time i have them is during a herx. please let me know
Yes to eye pain! It started while I was undiagnosed and really scared me that I had a neurological disorder, as my retinas and eyes themselves were normal. I was really surprised when I started reading about Lyme and patient experiences how common eye pain is with this disease.
While still undiagnosed, I started to notice slight pain upon moving my eyes, then flashing lights in my peripheral vision. Then I got deep stabbing pain that felt to originate behind my eyeballs. That progression was probably over about 2 months. I would wake up during the night with it, and it was really scary. I was so worried about going blind or suffering serious permanent damage. But I had my eyes thoroughly checked out several times, and no one could find a culprit.
I still get this, but it is much less severe (I'm at 9.5 months of antibiotic treatment). I've read that the Lyme bacteria like viscous media such as the eyes. I rationalize (that is, I guess!) that this causes some inflammation in the eyes that then causes these weird and painful symptoms.
For me it would also be worse during a Herx.
Mine was more like needles in my eyes. It lasted for months. My eyes were bright red too.