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news - 03 Dec 2004 13:07 GMT
Greetings;

Before I explain my question I need to gove you some background.  I am a 38
yr old male, good shape, otherwise healthy. I was diagnosed with cone
dystrophy and myopic degeneration as a child and am legally blind.  These
conditions are inherited from my mother's father by me, my brother, and a
male cousin.  All this is well and good as I have learned to live with my
visual problems and make good use of alternative techniques when necessary.
My left eye is my good one and my right is a lazy eye and doesn't focus as
it should in conjunction with the left.

Lately I have had a problem with "cloudiness" in my left eye.  I have seen
my Opthomologist about ehis and she was unable to see any sort of a problem.
The lense looked clear. I have had no other symptoms aside from the
cloudiness.  No tearing, pain, warmth, or discharge. She tested my eyes and
glasses and said the problem is not my perscription ( I believe this as the
cloudiness is still noticable even without the glasses.

I am a computer technician by trade and spend a lot of time reading a
computer monitor. I am also an avid bicyclist but have been unable to persue
this since the cloudiness problem.

Any ideas what may be causing this problem?  I'm stumped and would like to
be able to give the Dr. some idea or a good reason to send me to a
specialist.

Thanks
MPR
Dom - 04 Dec 2004 02:34 GMT
Sometimes cloudy vision, or more accurately, smoky or hazy vision, can be
caused by a dry surface of the eye. I suggest this because you mentioned you
spend a lot of time looking at a computer screen, and this is known to lead
to dry eyes in many people - especially if you work in an airconditioned
environment.  Bicycle riding is also a definite potential cause of dry eyes.
It's possible to have eyes that are dry enough to cause mild vision changes
without them feeling too uncomfortable.

You could try using some non-preserved unit-does artificial tears, such as
"Refresh", on a frequent basis (say every hour or two) for a couple of days,
to see if the cloudy vision improves.

This is only a guess based on your information, and certainly not *the*
definitive answer to your problem. But it's easy to try the eye drops, and
even if dryness is not the cause of your problems, you won't have done any
harm by trying them.

Does the cloudiness fluctuate from day to day, or from hour to hour? If so,
when is it most noticeable?

Dom

> Greetings;
>
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> Thanks
> MPR
news - 05 Dec 2004 19:48 GMT
i am using some drops from the Dr. -- Can't read the name of them, with no
improvement.  I don't think it's dry eyes because the droips have not proven
effective.  Any other ideas?

MPR
> Sometimes cloudy vision, or more accurately, smoky or hazy vision, can be
> caused by a dry surface of the eye. I suggest this because you mentioned you
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> > Thanks
> > MPR
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