Eye stroke
 

Two months ago I came down with an eye stroke. Had an MRI, Had a carotid artery check, blood work which all came back normal. However I have high blood pressure but I'am on meds. When I go to see a doctor it goes up high but At home I have normal pressure. My blood platelets are 150,000 which is low normal. doctor says I might have sticky platelets so now I take. 81 mg aspirin. Hoping I get better vision back but questionable . Should I take any eye supplements since this has happened? I am over weight. I proba Lu need to lose weight as well. Any feedback on this.

Welcome to NeuroTalk:

I had a blood clot in my left eye about 10 yrs ago.
Angiograms of the retina did not show any damage, and my vision returned to normal in about 6 months.

Have you had homocysteine blood work measured? How about B12? When homocysteine is elevated, it inflames blood vessels, and often the eye is a first target. B12, folate, and B6 work together to keep homocysteine low. So any failure with these 3 vitamins results in elevated homocysteine.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11825810

High blood pressure spikes which are sustained, are also problematic. That was my problem in fact. I had a horrible day at work, with stress of the charts, the day before my stroke. I won't let myself get into a situation like that again. I keep track of my blood pressures carefully.

Hi there.

Just wanted to say hi and welcome to Neurotalk. I hope you find some answers. Mrs. D gave you great information.

Take care,
Melody

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Dottie,

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Darlene :hug:

I have had 2 eye strokes, or amaurosos fugax. I was lucky and my vision returned quickly. I have a condition called APS (Antiphospholipid syndrome), which is commonly called "sticky blood" and may have been what he was referring to when he said sticky platlets. It can be confirmed with a simple blood test: aCl (anticardiolipin).

There are numerous blood tests for clotting factors like protein C, protein S, and the homocysteine as MrsD mentioned.