hello my name is katie corsiglia and I am 15, I was dignoised with pars planitis when I was 6 and now I am legally blind in my right eye. I have been through multiple surgery's and awake opperations. My life is very challenging with this disease but I have managed it quiet well. I have had cataract and glacoma surgery's. I have had steroid injections, which might I add are very painful. This disease is painful, I have plenty of floaters, pain, and I am on 3 different eye drops. I just stopped by this website to give you my perspective. The specialist I see is dr. Goldstein and she is located at UIC. If you have any further questions feel free to email me at (p.s. My friends nicknamed me tht but I am straight and taken.)
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pars planitis is really, really rare. i seriously doubt you have it, just based on statistical improbability. floaters are really, really common. just b/c you have floaters DOES NOT mean that you have pars planitis. in fact, the chances of you having pars planitis even after being examined by an eye doctor are virtually nil.
you also do not have ON. thats pretty rare, too. and that would have been picked up an an eye exam. both of these are "zebra" diagnoses. you cannot diagnose yourself with pars planitis or ON.
the symptoms of ON are NOT "floaters". more like vision loss. some ON patient shave NO symptoms. dont worry, you dont have either one. if you had an exam & the doc didnt specifically mention either one of those things, then you dont have them.
Thanks so much for clarifying that. You have a great weekend!!!!
The vision test I meant was a "field vision test" Your saying that pars planitis is seen with a regular eye exam? I was never told that I have pars planitis, I just thought that maybe this the reason for my eye floaters. I am nearsightned, and do have a slight astigmatism in both eyes. What would the signs of optical neuritis be? What about pars planitis? The sneezing spells always increase the floaters, they are there all the time though, just worse when I sneeze. Thank you!!!!
wow. pars planitis is really, really rare. did someone tell you that you have pars planitis? or do you just think you do based on your own internet research?
being poked in the eye is likely unrealted.
sneezing spells are unrelated.
would a "vision test" confirm what? floaters? no. pars planitis? no. an eye exam might confirm both. when people say "vision test", i think of reading letters at the DMV. is that what you're talking about?
floaters related to MS? no. or do you mean pars planitis related to MS?
no ON does not "always" result in vision loss.