Melody
 

Melody, I was feeling way down today. Checked this thread, read some of your postings.....I'm feeling better. You have such a wonderful attitude....thank you for being here!

Question: Does neuropathy cause drooping eyelids?

Not sure about PN
 

But there is an autoimmune disease called myasthenia gravis : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myasthenia_gravis which can cause drooping eyelids. Having this disease can cause PN.

Billye

Silverlady!
 

My maternal aunt has myasthenia gravis........and a year ago this past September my mother was diagnosed with it too......at 82 she had other ailments, but my sister remembers the day well when she took her to the Dr., and Mom was given the diagnosis.....she shut down, and died three weeks later.....she had been ill for a long time and we think she drew the line at blindness.....

I have a drooping right eyelid and all this time I've thought it came with the onset of my viral neuropathy.....I had never noticed it before then.....and....it may still be the cause.....but when I get to California.....I'm going to find a good eye Dr......thank you so very much for this info......

Lucky,

Thanks for the nice compliment. I have learned quite a bit from these boards. I'm kind of the comedian of the bunch. But you can't beat the others for their medical expertise. I hope you find the answer to your question about Myasthenia Gravis and PN. I remember that Aristotle Onassis had MG. Never forgot that bit of trivia.

Best of luck.

Melody

MG
 

Hi - Myasthenia Gravis was one of the first diseases I was tested for when I got PN - (and my eyes were ok) the doc just wanted to rule it out... I believe it was done just by blood test so was an easy test (my neuro ordered it) - maybe you could just ask your current doc to order test now?):confused:

I was never treated at the onset of PN, and I don't know if drooping lid is correct......if I were to put eye shadow on my eye lids, you would not see it on the left eye......so maybe that's not a drooping lid. It came about with the PN, but I didn't notice it right away......too many other things to contend with at the time.

I most definitely will be finding a good neurologist when we get to California, and eye doctor.