muscle tension

[caty146]

If you are told that you have very,very high muscle tension in your eyes- please can you tell me what this means?What is causing it and can it be the reason for general fatigue?

[kaizen1488]

I just would like to ask, is Genteal can help patients diagnosed with accommodation spasm?  I know this a lubricant, but my headaches and dizziness never go away after my glasses were upgraded last week. I am so worried.  

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

focus muscle relaxing eye drops (cycloplegic eye drops) are used to treat accommodative spasm. If you are not getting better then consider seeing another neuroophthalmolgist.

JCJ MD

[caty146]

Thank you for your answers. Please can you tell me if the treatment with diluted dilation drops. ( the same as used for the cycloplegic refraction only diluted) 2 times daily is the answer or should I be seeking a second opinion? My eye doctor did not sound too convincing. During this treatment I can't do anything because everything is so blurred.I am cross eyed and feel exhausted.

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

The condition you are likely describing is "spasm of accommodation"

1. No usually
2. You would need to see a neuro-ophthalmologist to be sure one way or another
3. No myasthenia gravis is LACK of muscle contraction
4. cause often unknown
5. You would have known it as the symptoms are dramatic
6 neuroophthalmology. Find one in USA at www.aao.org
7. The dots don't connect

JCH MD

[caty146]

Sorry to be so vague. I have muscle spasm and having drops to try to release it. No luck so far. After cycloplegic refraction, they tell me that they have never seen such tension. I think it measures the highest that they have seen by far. My thoughts are that there is something else going on and as I am exhausted my questions are :-
1. Can there be a medical condition causing this extreme tension?
2. Can there be a neuro problem?
3. Is Myasthenia Gravis weakness and not tension or are they one of the same thing?
4. What causes spasm?
5. Could I have had the spasm for a years?
6. What sort of speciality should I consult with?
I am trying to make a connection between longstanding fatigue and high myopia/ strabismus/ ambliopia/ astigmatism
The eye people are just working in their eye square ( this is not meant to be critical) but I'm trying to look outside the square. That is of course between the blurring of the drops.

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

No that's too vague.

JCH MD