Numb Around Eye And Hypersensitive to Light Changes! Posted: 10-09-05 22:14pm
I work with accounts that require
intensely looking at a computer for
extended periods of time (5 hours straight
before lunch, 3 hours after lunch) as well
as fine print on paper. After about 2.5
months of this I turned the light off one
evening and my right eye saw things much
darker than the left eye. It freaked me
out so I turned the light back on and I
have been miserable ever since, and am now
on a medical leave of absence. Generally
the left eye (“hurt eye”) feels numb
above and/or below it most of the time.
Sometimes the eye hurts in the back of it
and around tit. There is pressure in that
side of my face around my eye and it kind
of feels like I am looking out glass. It
is a strain to keep my eye open and look
at things, and is hard to focus.
The hurt eye is extremely sensitive to
contrasts of light (turning lights off).
I periodically get spots (dime size)
around my scalp that hurt real bad like
bruises when touched. It keeps me up at
night, and it has made me increasingly
anxious! When there is too drastic of a
light change (complete light to dark), it
has made the injury seem to revert to an
even worse state than it ever was (and
that has happened 3 times in the 1.5
months of the injury). The doctors
won’t give me the attention it needs to
figure this out, either saying my eye
itself looks healthy or it could be a
thousand things.
I have been to general physicians, and
optamologist, and an ophthalmologist. I
can’t handle going through this pain,
discomfort and anxiety and not even
knowing what’s going on or how to help
“it” (whatever “it” is) heal.
Does anyone have an idea what this is?
Even if it’s just an idea, I could at
least discuss the possibility with a
doctor at my hospital.
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chadk
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Indiana
Similar Problem Posted: 11-27-05 03:59am
Just recently I have begun to have this
problem as well. Although mine hasn't
been nearly as intense as yours. After a
long amount of time on the computer
(nothing out of the ordinary for the past
5-6 years) my one eye started to feel
strained and then the surrounding area
began to feel strained and then gradually
went numb for a while. It now happens a
lot more frequent. I went to an
opthamologist and was told my eyes looked
healthy and only suggested my problem
could be caused by lazy eye -- which I
have had since birth. My one eye is
better than my other, so it would make
sense that it would get strained easier,
but like I said ... I have always spent
long amounts of time on the computer (i
run an internet business) -- it wasn't
until just recently that this problem
occured. At this point I am just hoping
that eventually the problem will go
away.
