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Rapid deteriation of eyesight 1 year after LASIK eye surgery
Hi,
I had LASIK eye surgery in February 2015.
My eyesight has not been that good since, suffering from halo's and star-bursts in both eyes (not great when my hobby is astronomy). My left eye had slightly better distance vision but also slight ghosting. My right eye was slightly better for close up but no ghosting.
Suddenly, January 2016, over night my right eye developed severe ghosting to the point that I could not watch TV, read, or make out any detail in distance vision.
Over the month of February 2016, I have attended my opticians 4 times, having had various tests and a consultancy with the the surgeon.
The only thing the tests show up is that I have -0.5 in my left eye and -1.5 in my right eye, but no explanation of the sever ghosting. They have even fitted me with a temporary pair of glasses to see if this improves things. All they do is make the ghosting in my right eye clearer if you can understand that.
I have also been to my doctors who has taken blood tests, 9 tests in all, covering usual diabetes, thyroid, cell count, etc. All of which have come back normal!
I am convinced this has something to do with the surgery but why the sudden overnight change to my right eye and why cannot my optician detect this. Surely with the technology to see how beams of light focus on the back of the eye, they can see multiple beams, or is it possible they are trying to cover this up?
I am now getting really worried about this and its starting to depress me.
If is like looking through a piece of glass smeared with grease.
I have just done a pinhole test while I type this and amazingly I can see quite clearly although some ghosting is still evident, (maybe I need as smaller hole).
Any help or advise would be appreciated.
Thank you
I had LASIK eye surgery in February 2015.
My eyesight has not been that good since, suffering from halo's and star-bursts in both eyes (not great when my hobby is astronomy). My left eye had slightly better distance vision but also slight ghosting. My right eye was slightly better for close up but no ghosting.
Suddenly, January 2016, over night my right eye developed severe ghosting to the point that I could not watch TV, read, or make out any detail in distance vision.
Over the month of February 2016, I have attended my opticians 4 times, having had various tests and a consultancy with the the surgeon.
The only thing the tests show up is that I have -0.5 in my left eye and -1.5 in my right eye, but no explanation of the sever ghosting. They have even fitted me with a temporary pair of glasses to see if this improves things. All they do is make the ghosting in my right eye clearer if you can understand that.
I have also been to my doctors who has taken blood tests, 9 tests in all, covering usual diabetes, thyroid, cell count, etc. All of which have come back normal!
I am convinced this has something to do with the surgery but why the sudden overnight change to my right eye and why cannot my optician detect this. Surely with the technology to see how beams of light focus on the back of the eye, they can see multiple beams, or is it possible they are trying to cover this up?
I am now getting really worried about this and its starting to depress me.
If is like looking through a piece of glass smeared with grease.
I have just done a pinhole test while I type this and amazingly I can see quite clearly although some ghosting is still evident, (maybe I need as smaller hole).
Any help or advise would be appreciated.
Thank you
I would strongly suggest you get an independent opinion from an ophthalmic surgeon that specializes in cornea and refractive surgery. You need a complete eye exam with dilation of the pupil, corneal topography and macular OCT. You may have irregular corneal astigmatism from the LASIK surgery, you could have primary cornea disease such as keratoconus or secondary to LASIK such as cornea ectasia. You would have a new problem like cataracts or macular disease. The pinhole test would improve vision if it was an uncorrected refractive error and might improve vision in the instance of irregular cornea astigmatism or cataract formation. It would not improve macular pathology.
I would have thought if I had cataracts they would have spotted them. The nurse/receptionist did actually say that I am at the age where I could develop cataracts before they checked my eyes, so would think they would check for them.
I'm only 50 so was a little surprised when she said that to me.
However, my eyesight deteriorated rapidly over a single night. I think cataracts would be a gradual thing.
I'm only 50 so was a little surprised when she said that to me.
However, my eyesight deteriorated rapidly over a single night. I think cataracts would be a gradual thing.
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