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Q: Ptosis And Hypertropia After Head Injury
asked by: alisa0005 on November 12th, 2005
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Hi,

i'm 18 years old... In beginning of august I fell on the right side of my forehead. The fall itself was quite minor, no loss of conciousness and just a large goose egg but a few days later, my right eyelid drooped, covering half of my eye. The majority of the drooping went away after a few weeks, but I still have slight drooping of my right eyelid. It's constant, but more noticeable when i'm tired.

Also, my right eye is constantly tilted upwards, like mild hypertropia. It's noticeable all the time, and quite obvious and distressing. My doctor says that it might be nerve trauma, and that I should wait 6 months and then see... I haven't noticed any improvement in the hypertropia for now...

Is anyone familiar with what i'm saying and can tell me how often these cases spontaneously resolve? And the timeframe?

Thanks
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ianis1
replied on March 11th, 2009
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I was 16 when I injured my left eyelid. I was intoxicated and was thrown into a table head first. After significant scarring, the eye healed and was permanently drooping. This caused me to have many concerns and I thought if I started pulling the lid back for minutes at a time for many months, it would somehow go back to normal. I was wrong. Now I am 21 and the drooping persists but has gotten worse in my mind. This is because now it causes severe headaches and eye aches around the temple and the back of the left eye because I constantly try to level it with the other eye. I am pissed always and am regretting that night every day more and more. I need corrective surgery most likely, and as for the pain around the eye, I take aspiring every day and use ice. Not much help those things are, though.

I only hope I can find some help soon because now there is also a pretty obvious blue vein erupting from the site and it's hideous. Hopefully, tomorrow a doctor Michael Lee at the U of M eye clinic can help me somehow or suggest a way to fix this persistent problem.

Anyway, let me know what has happened with your situation or others who are reading, reply also....
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