Exotrope with rosacea and eye "feels" unfocused, soar, causes headaches

Hi...

If anyone has an idea of whats going on I'd appreciate it. I work in
film and my eyes are my job, so I'm concerned. I've seen two different
docs but more info from here is good. The problem is first then
history for those with time to read:

The problem: About two years ago, my right eye has felt "odd" after
just a few minutes of near focus work. By odd: it kinda feels like
after those dialating eyedrops have been put in - but things are in
focus, but I dont feel like its in focus and doesnt feel as "agile".
The lids also feel "sticky" so I try "uncross" the lids by open my
eyelids wide. It tears also, but theres not much residue. After a
full day, my eye feels like its been punched, but left eye is perfect
This is about the same time I experienced rosacea symptoms of
flushing/etc; my right is a bit red, but it has been operated on
twice. At first I thought it was a strabismus problem and got those
prisms but they havent helped. I experience the problems even if I
cover my left eye, which to me would imply to me its not a strabismus
problem.

Back history: Im a 31 year old male, diagnosed with
intermittent-exotropia(or exophoria depending on the doc). Had surgery
when i was 2 and 16(latter one for cosmetic). I have very very limited
stereopsis (I cant hit a baseball) but I have perriferal vision. I do
not have a dominant eye because I can -at will- switch between my
eyes, which often confuses doctors during the cover test.
Cosmetically, my eyes look straight with my glasses which correct my
myopia. Recently - two years ago - because of the problem, prisms are
now in my glasses - I believe 1.5 diaptors each. If i remember
correctly, my deviation is about 6-8, which isnt much. I can literally
sit in front of a mirror and switch between eyes and see the offset
caused by the recovery time. My eyes dont work together well, and I
constantly flip back and forth, The prisms never did anything and the
two images dont line up when i switch, .

In college and then since starting work, I have spent the vast
majority of the day sitting in front of a computer monitor. It wasnt
really a problem until 2 years ago. (I have and have had an
ergo-correct setup). I just had 6 weeks off and that didnt help at
all.

Current state: My left eye is great, but my right is the weaker one
and the one which was operated on. I remember being able to see close
with the un-aided right eye, but now both near and far are blurry.
Left eye is totally normal. With glasses Im 20/20 in each though.

Lastly, Ive always had bad hay fever, but also around same time, my
right nostril has seemed constricted, but not completely. Weird.Ive
read sinuses can affect the feeling in the eyes.

Thats enough. Ill hope someone is brave enough to have read this far.
And thanks so much if you did. I know its a lot.

matt

 

(Matt Bouchard) wrote in

The combination of rosacea and stuffy nose sounds like dry eye. The
diagnosis would depend on doing tests.

DrG

 

Thanks...yes, could be dry eye. But what kind of tests could I ask to
be done - and by whom, the derm or opthamologist?

thanks.

matt