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what could cause this?
by scherokee, Jul 13, 2008 05:59PM
My husband (61) had a spell 3 weeks ago at home an lost his eyesight. Then it came back but everything was blurry an he was seeing double. Every since then he has been having terrible headaches an double vision. His Dr. thought it might be his blood pressure. He is on medication. They changed his script but he is still suffering. Any feed back on what he should do?
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What happened may be the phenomenon called 'amaurosis fugax' also known as 'transient monocular blindness'. The eyesight would usually recover but only to a certain extent.
This can indeed be caused by blood pressure problems, as well as possible transient ischemic attacks or small strokes. It is best that all the factors contributing to this be controlled, such as control of hypertension, lowering of cholesterol, or controlling of blood sugar (if applicable).