Hi all,
First, I know it's a long thread, but please bear with me, because I hope we can get an answer for this pain that we have......
I am a senior college student. I did PRK in both eyes in 2016, my left eye is 20/20 my right is 20/30 or 20/40 not sure. but the right is more blurry for sure.
Anyways, So 2 months ago, I traveled to this hot area in the middle east. I did experience very dry eyes. One day, after waking up, I felt this sudden sharp pain with burn feeling in my right eye only. I could not use my computer because of the pain or watch TV, the quality of my life was ruined. I thought it's a dry eye,
so I went to see 3 ophthalmologists back there, two of them said your eye is fine, no symptoms, one said you have a dry eye! and prescribed more and more of drops (Cationorm, Muro 128, systane... etc).. nothing helped.
Well ok! no one helped, so after like a month, I went to back to the U.S., went to see two optometrists, who said your eyes are fine as well and prescribed me a glasses so maybe my right eye is trying to keep up with the other one.!!
in this point I felt really bad.. all these doctors could not figure out what is wrong with my healthy clear eye (my right eye looks healthy with no redness or anything)....
anyways, I decided to stop all eye drops for a month (in this point, my tear film looks very good), and it helped. I can use my computer now. As a senior in college, it did impact my grades and quality of life, because it's a constant pain.
After reading many studies and around 7 ophthalmologists said your eye is fine, I did suspect corneal neuralgia, all the symptoms fit my condition.
First: I found this study about vitamin D3 deficiency and its connection with Corneal Neuralgia (I did start using 5,000 IU of D3 daily about a week ago):
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art...-0004-0105.pdf
Second: This is the same as above, but with vitamin B12 deficiency (I start using 2,500 mcg daily about a week ago as well):
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26266431
Good Article: https://www.eyeworld.org/article-tre...plainable-pain
Note: I found exercise, or doing any sport help the pain. Note2: the pain in the first two weeks was like 9/10 unbearable, but after stopping eye drops and like two months and a half, I would say the pain is like 4/10..... sometimes 2/10....
So for all corneal neuralgia suffers, who did LASIK or PRK, or who did nothing, any help (should I see a neurologist or cornea specialist..etc)? how can I speak with my ophthalmologist about this.. he/she might have no idea what it is? WE JUST WANT TO HAVE "ONE" GOOD DAY. I really miss my self pre PRK with no pain.........
First, I know it's a long thread, but please bear with me, because I hope we can get an answer for this pain that we have......
I am a senior college student. I did PRK in both eyes in 2016, my left eye is 20/20 my right is 20/30 or 20/40 not sure. but the right is more blurry for sure.
Anyways, So 2 months ago, I traveled to this hot area in the middle east. I did experience very dry eyes. One day, after waking up, I felt this sudden sharp pain with burn feeling in my right eye only. I could not use my computer because of the pain or watch TV, the quality of my life was ruined. I thought it's a dry eye,
so I went to see 3 ophthalmologists back there, two of them said your eye is fine, no symptoms, one said you have a dry eye! and prescribed more and more of drops (Cationorm, Muro 128, systane... etc).. nothing helped.
Well ok! no one helped, so after like a month, I went to back to the U.S., went to see two optometrists, who said your eyes are fine as well and prescribed me a glasses so maybe my right eye is trying to keep up with the other one.!!
in this point I felt really bad.. all these doctors could not figure out what is wrong with my healthy clear eye (my right eye looks healthy with no redness or anything)....
anyways, I decided to stop all eye drops for a month (in this point, my tear film looks very good), and it helped. I can use my computer now. As a senior in college, it did impact my grades and quality of life, because it's a constant pain.
After reading many studies and around 7 ophthalmologists said your eye is fine, I did suspect corneal neuralgia, all the symptoms fit my condition.
First: I found this study about vitamin D3 deficiency and its connection with Corneal Neuralgia (I did start using 5,000 IU of D3 daily about a week ago):
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art...-0004-0105.pdf
Second: This is the same as above, but with vitamin B12 deficiency (I start using 2,500 mcg daily about a week ago as well):
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26266431
Good Article: https://www.eyeworld.org/article-tre...plainable-pain
Note: I found exercise, or doing any sport help the pain. Note2: the pain in the first two weeks was like 9/10 unbearable, but after stopping eye drops and like two months and a half, I would say the pain is like 4/10..... sometimes 2/10....
So for all corneal neuralgia suffers, who did LASIK or PRK, or who did nothing, any help (should I see a neurologist or cornea specialist..etc)? how can I speak with my ophthalmologist about this.. he/she might have no idea what it is? WE JUST WANT TO HAVE "ONE" GOOD DAY. I really miss my self pre PRK with no pain.........
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