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Medical Forum / General / Vision / June 2007Isolated vertical binocular diplopia
Last week I've had an isolated, 5 minute event of vertical binocular diplopia, apparently out of the blue. I was leaning down to pick up something from the floor, and when I sat back up I was seeing double. The 2 images were vertically separated, and the diplopia would go away when covering either eye. When gazing upwards the images would come back together, and it was worse when looking down. After 5 minutes the problem just disappeared by itself. I'm 30 years orld, I didn't have any illnesses recently, I was feeling well that day, I didn't have a headache, I didn't feel dizzy or anything else. I just had a slight headache a couple of hours after the event, around the orbits (the same kind I get when I have ocular migraines with flashing lights, which I get 2-3 times a year). Incidently, I've had an ocular migraine 2 days after the event. I'm otherwise healthy, and only have slight hypertension (140/80). The only relevant medical history I have is a 10-year addiction to nasal decongestant (rhinitis medicamentosa), which I was able to stop about 2 years ago. To date, I still have a very stuffy nose, and I'm unable to breath normally through either nostrils at night, depending on what side I lay on. Sounds like chronic sinusitis or nasal polyps to me, and I should probably have it checked out by an ENT sometimes. I'm not sure what to think: by google'ing around one gets quite hypochondriac. The kind of diplopia I experienced sounds like a 4th cranial nerve palsy, but there's no literature about an isolated 5 minute episode. There are sites listing it as a migraine symptom, or as a side-effect of sinusitis. Then there's the "bad" stuff like MS, tumors and myasthenia which I prefer not to think about (and I really don't have any other symptoms). Could this just be a random happening "just because"? I'm not really sure I want to go through the "full program" (the $1 million dollar check-up including MRI, CT, etc) because of a 5 minute event. What do you think? Should I just disregard it? Refer to my GP? Or to an opthalmologist? There's nothing to see, as I now see normally and my eyes seem aligned... and apparently lots of diplopia cases are just idiopathic. Thank you for your opinions -Manuel Ah, don't worry about it Manuel. Everyone experiences that at some time or another. My vision is far beyond perfect, but even then, every few months or so I suddenly become diplopic, along with many other strange phenomenon, such as becoming myopic, astigmatic, or hypermetropic. Basically, I wouldn't stress over it too much. > Ah, don't worry about it Manuel. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Basically, I wouldn't stress over it too much. This is a perfect example why one should never solicit medical advice from strangers on the internet. Manuel, absolutelyinvincible@hotmail.com (whatever the name associated with it) is a troll. He or she apparently wants to inflict harm on people and to disrupt this usenet group for some reason. Please, if you are concerned about anything to do with your health, please seek out advice from a healthcare professional in person. You never know who could be on the sending end of an anonymous message on the internet. No one, not even a doctor, can safely diagnose over the internet.  Signature~RT > In article <1181563489.614356.182...@c77g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > -- > ~RT Oops, better add my disclaimer. Kind of... slipped my mind - sorry! Anyhow, I'll do it now - "I'm not a doctor, so you may want to run these comments by YOUR doctor. Good luck!" ;) On Jun 11, 7:29 am, Neil Crooks <absolutelyinvinci...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > In article <1181563489.614356.182...@c77g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > ;) Kazekage/Tiramisu/Horatio: Spend a minute. Read this. Then seek help. http://www.hss.caltech.edu/~mcafee/Bin/sb.html > In article <1181563489.614356.182...@c77g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > -- > ~RT Thank you for catching that one, RT. I never even saw it before our juvenile delinquent friend removed it. All he/she/it has done in "taking me on" is to become even MORE DANGEROUS than Uncle Otie--the one he allegedly came to defend in the first place. What a pathetic little case. MANUEL, RT is right. You should be evaluated by an eye care professional. With any luck, our local trolls will get sweet justice before too long. >our local trolls will get sweet >before too long. Oh, is that so? When is the next feeding, dear Uncle Cookie? I can't possibly wait any longer. *Please feed the troll.* > Manuel, absolutelyinvincible@hotmail.com (whatever the name associated > with it) is a troll. He or she apparently wants to inflict harm on > people and to disrupt this usenet group for some reason. Yes, I had noticed him before :-) don't worry. > Please, if you are concerned about anything to do with your health, > please seek out advice from a healthcare professional in person. You > never know who could be on the sending end of an anonymous message on > the internet. No one, not even a doctor, can safely diagnose over the > internet. Of course. I was only hoping that someone with experience regarding these issues (an MD or ophthalmologist) might chime in with a guess. I won't take those guesses as written in stone and I'll probably seek advice from a healthcare professional, especially if the issue should arise again. But it would be interesting nontheless to have a discussion on this over this newsgroup, if there's anyone who would like to talk about it. Thanks for your concern, it's appreciated. I understand that some people might substitute a real doctor with the Internet, and that's certainly not a safe thing to do. -Manuel > Last week I've had an isolated, 5 minute event of vertical binocular > diplopia, apparently out of the blue. I was leaning down to pick up [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > Thank you for your opinions > -Manuel Possibly a migraine aura; they can present in many different ways. Likely not a nerve palsy as it cleared up right away. However, vertical diplopia is not normal and you should see your doctor soon. They may want to do a CTscan or MRI to rule out incipient cerebral disease. Dr Judy |
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