Tear in Muscle

[Lfio10]

Can tear is iris muscle heal?


This discussion is related to atropine or iris damage?.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

There are no studies on MJ and trauma/recovery of eye injury. Best can offer you is to discuss with your personal MD eye MD ophthalmologist. JCH MD

[EyeSpeye]

It is understood that THC would reduce blood pressure and make the capillaries smaller, so the year would bleed less than normal, even though it stopped bleeding days ago. The concern is that the reduced blood flow might harm the retina in that it may not receive enough blood. Is that an issue?

[EyeSpeye]

I understand completely the effects of marijuana on the body and mind both long term and short term. That being said, though ill-advised, if someone were to choose it anyway, would it negatively affect, or rather impair the healing process of the 12 day old iris tear and retina bruise?

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

atropine dilates the pupil and rests the focus muscle.  It's like putting a cast on a wrist or ankle to rest it while it recoverys

Prednisolone is a steroid eye drop used to reduce inflammation.

Dorzolamide is a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor used to lower pressure in the eye.

marijuana is bad news for the body: http://www.medhelp.org/addiction/articles/Reefer-Madness-The-Truth-Behind-Medical-Marijuana/356                                              ;

JCH MD

[EyeSpeye]

What can you tell me about the use of marijuana with an iris tear, retinal damage, and the use of Atropine, Pridnisolone, and Dorzolamide?

[Lfio10]

I appreciate your response. The last thing I was wondering is if the atropine drops are used to assist in recovery or are they just used to help with glare and light sensitivity? Thank you.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

I have told you all I can in the forum. Your questions can't be answered over the internet and even your ophthalmologist can't tell you how much recovery, if any, you will experience.
JCH MD

[Lfio10]

Even if the tear is microscopic, there still isnt a chance that it would heal?
I only used those atropine drops one day after my injury because i wasnt sensitive to light, so I was told to discontinue those drops and I continues to use milky pink top drops. Should I have used the Atropine drops longer? Would that have assisted in any recovery?

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

No there is nothing you can do to make it heal faster. This is why the injury is so common. The muscle that dilates the eye is thin and fan like and spread out over the surface of the iris. This makes it relative difficult to injury. The muscle that constricts the pupil is shaped like a very tiny doughnut and is relatively thick and runs around the edge of the pupil. This structure makes it easy to injury and once it is torn or split it does not work as efficiently as the dilator so the pupil is bigger than it should be.  Almost never is the pupil smaller than normal after trauma (unless traumatic iritis developed and was not treated with atropine like drops and steroids).

JCHMD

[Lfio10]

thank you for the quick response. The tear that I have is so microscopic that its not seen in my eye exams... Do you think there is a chance that it could heal?
Also, is there anything that I can do to help it heal? Its been 7 weeks since my injury.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Depends on how big the tear. Most large tears separate the constrictor muscle and it does not grow back normally.
JCH MD