Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us
Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network
Home
Discussion Groups
General
GeneralCardiologyVisionDentistryPharmacyLaboratoryNutritionAlternative
Diseases and Disorders
AIDSAlzheimer'sArthritisAsthmaCancerBreast CancerDiabetesEpilepsyGlaucomaHepatitisHerpesLupusProstate BPHProstate CancerProstatitisSinusitisTinnitus

Medical Forum / General / Vision / August 2006

Tip: Looking for answers? Try searching our database.

Feeling of unsteadiness after  cataract surgery

Thread view: 
Enable EMail Alerts  Start New Thread
Thread rating: 
venu - 19 Nov 2004 16:22 GMT
Hello,

My mother recently underwent cataract surgery in one of her eyes.
After the operation she noticed that she gets a feeling of
unsteadiness, like everyting is moving around her, when she gets up in
the mornings. And this has started only after the cataract surgery.

Does anyone know whether something like this happens after cataract
surgery? Can we hope that this will be alright once she gets used to
the new lenses that she is wearing after the surgery and the sudden
improvement in her vision?

Thanks in advance.
Venu
Rushtown - 19 Nov 2004 23:45 GMT
>Subject: Feeling of unsteadiness after  cataract surgery
>From: venubook@yahoo.com  (venu)
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
>Thanks in advance.
>Venu

Maybe it's something like when one feels the solid ground move after having
been on a ship for a month.
Your mother had adjusted to seeing with only one eye and her brain has
(temporarily) lost the ability to adjust to the shifting of images that occurs
when one tilts one's head. (we don't notice it because our brains have
adjusted).
If this guess is correct the unsteadiness will disappear gradually.
RM - 20 Nov 2004 02:34 GMT
It is difficult to say for sure.  Is the prescription in her glasses
significantly different between her operated and unoperated eyes?  A large
difference (called anisometropia) would create different-sized retinal
images and can cause disorientation.  Sometimes this is enough to justify
cataract surgery in the other eye sooner rather than later.  This is just
one possibility.  I would wait to see if she adjusts.  This is something
that, if it persists, should be discussed with her eye doctor.

Regards

=====

> Hello,
>
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> Thanks in advance.
> Venu
Dr Judy - 20 Nov 2004 04:53 GMT
> Hello,
>
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> the new lenses that she is wearing after the surgery and the sudden
> improvement in her vision?

If it occurs when she first gets up, it may be due to a sudden drop in blood
pressure.  This can be helped by slowing getting up: sit up in bed for a
minute, then sit on edge of bed for a minute, then stand up.   The other
common cause would be an inner ear problem.  Cataract surgery is an unlikely
cause.  If the dizzyness and balance problems continue, she should see her
medical doctor.

Dr Judy

> Thanks in advance.
> Venu
slidernv - 24 Aug 2006 21:33 GMT
Venu,

I am wondering if your mother recovered fully. My father recently had the
same situation. Did you find the reason for the dizzyness?

Thank you.

>> Hello,
>>
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Venu
 
Sign In
Join
My Latest Posts
My Monitored Threads
My Blog
My Photo Gallery
My Profile
My Homepage

Start New Thread
Enable EMail Alerts
Rate this Thread



©2008 Advenet LLC   Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.