CRPS & blurry eyes/double vision
 

Can someone please direct me to a reliable site describing blurry eyes and/or double vision and how it relates to CRPS? I have been trying to search for it but it's hard when you can't see.:p

Thanks!

Wish I could help. This is something that I am currently dealing with but assumed it was related to the meds they put me on for a recent intense amount of pain in my back/neck...since EVERYTHING I take mentions dizziness and my dizziness has always been blurry, double vision usually followed by me ending up on the floor looking at the ceilling until it goes away. If it IS related to the CRPS and not the meds maybe that's something that I should be talking to my doc about...

My doctor said that this is not uncommon for CRPS/RSD cases. I have an eye appt in a couple of weeks and I know my vision has changed even in the last 6 months. I have found that I get double vision right before a bad flare.

It seems to be a very common issue with many of us that have RSD. It has gotten so bad at times I have had to pull over and call someone to come get me and my truck. My Dr said that she believs it can be med related as well as just RSD related, because she had some Pts that went to all natural treatments and still had issues.

Hi, everybody:

I also have a problem with blurry eyes. This is recent. Is this problem related to my RSD or to my being nearsighted? Maybe I just need to change glasses, but they are so expensive where I live!

I also have double vision, but this problem started when I was 9 months old. I should have worn glasses to correct my double vision, squinting eyes problem, but my parents did not want to pay for the glasses. I started wearing glasses when I was 23 years old (I paid for my glasses), so in 23 years, my problem had ample enough time to aggravate.

I wonder if RSD's spreading to the eyes could be responsible for blurry eyes and double vision.

By the way, Cindi, I noticed your avatar is a dog. You like animals, don't you? I love animals. They are always there to help us when we feel sad. We can pet them, hug them, hold them, cry while holding them in our arms, and in the end, they help us by being just who they are, a ball of furr and love! :hug:

I switched over to like a lubricating gel administered at bedtime and that seems to have diminished my blurry eyes by 80%. Perhaps the acquired dry eyes from RSD were causing the blurriness....

Either way my vision has become henous since my onset of RSD.

For myself though I don't have blur I have a lot of pain and hard time with my vision. I do feel I have RSD in my eyes. I have flares etc. Also like I said I had been to so many eye specialists,neurologist,pain doctors etc and there is not a reason to have such eye pain other then my dry and bleph which does not create crying pain like I have. I will say even top rsd doctors know very little about rsd in the eyes. So I guess for myself I hope that the treatment that helps the limbs will help the eyes.
On a side note some meds can cause eye problems and dry eye too. I do feel it is important to rule out other conditions and to have eyes examined

Hi, dubious:

I am not sure about what kind of lubricating gel you are talking about. can you mention its name, if it is allowed by this board's rules. I have seen nothing about such rules.

Quote: "Perhaps the acquired dry eyes from RSD were causing the blurriness..." You are right; I think dry eyes can be linked to blurry eyes and, certainly, to RSD.

Good luck with your eyes and thanks for your information.

Hi, daniella:

Quote: "I do feel I have RSD in my eyes. I have flares etc." What kind of RSD symptoms do you have in your eyes, apart from the pain? Does it "burn" in your eyes? Does it sometimes feel like you have a grain of sand in your eyes?

Quote: "I will say even top rsd doctors know very little about rsd in the eyes." This is not good news because, often, RSD doctors are the ones that know most about RSD and, thus, they are supposed to be more likely to help us.

Quote: "On a side note some meds can cause eye problems and dry eye too." You are right again. Unfortunately, there is no way then we can tell if your eye problems are caused by RSD, by medications, or by something else.

I just had a "horrible" thought: I hope RSD cannot cause cataracts or blind eyes. Having RSD is already not fun, so if we also have to be blind, it would be pure hell...

Did you ever figure out what was happening with the blurred vision? If so, what are you doing about it?