MS attack or stroke/TIA? Or?

I have been living w/ms for almost 20 years (i was diagnosed18 years ago). While I have a lot of ms symptoms that cause me difficulty (coordination, spasticity, weakness, fatiqie, bladder issues, etc.), vision problems have not really been an issue for me.

Today, I woke up, bleary-eyed as always, and put eye drops in my right eye. Almost immediately, it felt liked eye was on fire. I assumed an eyelash ( or other foreign object) slid intoy eye. *** was painful foray e an hour and subsided.

But...about 5 PM, I noticed that everything was very blurry in my right eye!

I am 60 years old; my mother had a
Couple TIAs and an actual stroke, bit she was in her very late 90s.

My husband is concerned that it could be a stroke. I said it might be ms? Or, maybe just a little, irritating object in my left eye.

Thought? Advice? Please! And thanks!

[sharpmama]

Sorry... All of the difficulty today has been with my LEFT eye!  Is this a clue?

[Deb61]

I'd see an eye doctor-  preferrably an ophthalmologist.  If you can't get into one this weekend maybe you could go to a urgent care center?  Sounds like something is going on with your eye.

[Lulu54]

There is a great public education program about Strokes - using the word FAST as keys of what to look for---

F - Face - have the person smile and see if the face droop on one side?

A -Arms -  lift both arms and see if one drifts lower than the other, indicating a weakness on one side

S - Speech slurred or unintelligible?  Say a simple phrase and have the person repeat it to you.

T- Telephone 911 if you observe any of these symptoms. Time is important when it comes to treating strokes.  Many of the lasting damage can be avoided if a stroke is treated early.

Since you posted this 8 hours ago, I am going to assume that if you are readingthis today, it is nota stroke. But I am not a doctor and the things written on this forum should never be taken as medical advice.

I hope you are feeling a bit better today and the problem with the eye is gone.  IF not, you might want to place a call to your doctor's service or at least phone in on Monday for their advice.

feel better, Lulu

[sharpmama]

Thank you both for your suggestions!

My husband took me to the ER last night. They ran a number of eye tests and were able to rule out lots of really bad things, which was good.

The doctor thinks it is iritis (inflammation of the iris), and he recommended–if it is the same or worse–that I follow up today with an eye doctor, or come back to the ER.

This morning I found that the blurriness had greatly improved, though there is still some pain. But it is not worse. I called the doctor's office and decided to wait until Monday morning to set up an appointment. Perhaps I should have gone to see the on call doctor, but, my best friend's husband's memorial service is tomorrow and I'm speaking... so I want to be there, really there, for her. I am hoping this will not get worse and Monday will be here soon enough, I think!

But I am relieved that they saw nothing to indicate a stroke or, as happened to my mother, a blood clot in her retina that resulted in blindness.

Thanks again so very much for your answers!