Why when I shut my eyes is my left eyeball bigger?

[janeet]

When I shut my eyes and cover with my hands my left eye feel larger than my right.  I have occipital neuritis.  Could this effect my eyes.


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

Okay but enlarged eyes not a part of occipital disease.
JCH MD

[janeet]

Thanks, but for clarification I don't have Optic Neuritis.  I have Occipital Neuritis, specifically left side from an injury and the injury is when I noticed the left eyeball size change.  I did schedule an ophthalmologist for next week.  Thanks

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

It's really hard to judge that and even Eye MDs don't trust their fingers to tell every time. Optic neuritis does not cause an eyeball to change size or sink in (inophthalmos) or push out (exophthalmos). Discuss with your ophthalmologist.

JCH MD