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Sudden bleed into my eye

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Sheilamac_Fife
Sheilamac_Fife

i have PMR, currently on about 5.75mg. Tonight I have suddenly had a bleed into one eye. It's more red than a bloodshot eye and I don't have the cold. No pain. My eyes never feel normal because of the blurriness but this eye feels 'heavier'.. Probably sounds daft. Never had anything like it before. It looks like it's been injured!

Is this another  Prednisolone problem or unrelated?

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  • FlipDover_Aust
    FlipDover_Aust Sheilamac_Fife

    Posted

    I've been getting that on and off since I started on pred....my GP says it's not related but I don't believe her! lol
  • MrsO-UK_Surrey
    MrsO-UK_Surrey Sheilamac_Fife

    Posted

    Sheila, I had many burst blood vessels (subconjunctival haemorrhages) in my eyes whilst on Pred and was reassured by my ophthalmologist that it was nothing to worry about.  Not a pretty sight though except on Halloween!  I've only had one in the 4 years since coming off Pred so definitely put the blame on the Pred doorstep in my case.  Always worth getting your blood pressure checked though just to rule high BP out as a cause. 
    • Sheilamac_Fife
      Sheilamac_Fife MrsO-UK_Surrey

      Posted

      Thank you MrsO. My BP is normal. So it's likely to be the Prednisolone. Whatever next! I will relax though and not worry about it now.

      No, it's not bonny, looks like I've been in a fight! 

  • iellen32
    iellen32 Sheilamac_Fife

    Posted

    The bleeding eye as far as I know is a symptom of people like me who have GCA.

    Last week the eye doctor explained that if an eye bleeds attention is required, I mean to go to see the doctor.

    If it happens to me, in my case, I may loose my vision in one eye and then the another eye will be affected too.

    You have PMR our health condition is different.

    Stay well. 🌸

  • Sheilamac_Fife
    Sheilamac_Fife

    Posted

    Thank you for your swift replies ladies. They have put my mind at rest. 
  • judy93591
    judy93591 Sheilamac_Fife

    Posted

    I, also would go have it checked. I have also developed GCA, after almost a year since PMR diognoses. My optometrist is also up on the immune disorder, and effects of and necessity of Pred. He just told me yesterday that ruptured vessels in the eye, with this, needs to be checked. I am in US. 
  • Anhaga
    Anhaga Sheilamac_Fife

    Posted

    I've had this tendency for a long time, so more inclined to blame whatever caused prmr rather than pred although definitely happens more often since pred.  Eye doctor said I should use artificial tears, I get the kind with no preservatives, and that helps.  Have been checked for GCA and no sign of it.
  • Mrs_CJ
    Mrs_CJ Sheilamac_Fife

    Posted

    Hi

    the first time I had this was this past Christmas Eve. I went to the hospital emergency - luckily it wasn't too busy - and Was told by the ER Doctor that there was absolutely nothing to worry about and that in a couple weeks all the blood would be absorbed. My entire eyeball was Crimson and it took more like 3 weeks. It had almost all disappeared and it happened again, this time the blood covering about half my eye. 

    Ive since had an eye check up and was told the same - nothing to worry about. 

    I have a tendency to "thin blood" and can't have large quantities of blood thinning foods (no fish oil pills, vit E, few walnuts, olive oil, etc) but just before this happened I was eating lots of omega 3 foods - ground flax seed in my oatmeal and More salmon than usual. I read that a lot of omega 3 can have a blood thinning effect. 

    Im not sure if you have this issue but you might want to consider what your diet was like before this happened to you. 

    This PMR and prednisone journey is not s lot of fun and has been really wearing me down the last couple of months. The aches and pains are bad enough but I also have to watch the types of foods I eat so I can't even have any enjoyment from that....and eating out is such a trial it's better to just stay home. I hate having PMR. 

    • Sheilamac_Fife
      Sheilamac_Fife Mrs_CJ

      Posted

      Thank you Mrs CJ

      thats an interesting thought about the blood thinning foods. I've been avoiding carbs and trying to ensure that I have anti inflammatory foods cos I've been reducing the Pred, so the oily fish comes in here...

      ive been getting so sick of this journey lately as well. After the initial distress of finding I have PMR and the treatment, I managed to stay pretty upbeat, laughing at the hideous side effects and the invalid I had become (compared to pre PMR) but lately, it has been getting me down a bit! Like the rest of us, I know, I just want 'me' back! I am so sick of being fat, tired and ill!! As if my face hadnt altered enough, now I have to have these 'bleedin' eyes!....

      sorry for for the self pity and I have no right because I don't have the aches and pains, but I just always feel ill.

    • JanSP
      JanSP Sheilamac_Fife

      Posted

      Sheilamac,

      You sound like me - some of my exact words to my husband. I hope you have someone who is understanding to support you like I do. I'm sending an internet hug to you. With my PMR and GCA and liver and heart (had to get a pacemaker) involvement I get totally frustrated at times too. You do have a right to feel a certain amount of self pity but then think of all the positive things you still have. I live in a retirement community in Florida and I see diseases so much worse than ours. I'm fat, tired all the time, etc., etc., etc. and also get eye bleeds but I'm trying to find some humor here and there. With this moon face maybe I can try out for Alvin and the Chipmonks. Haha.

    • Sheilamac_Fife
      Sheilamac_Fife JanSP

      Posted

      Thanks Jan! Of course you are right! I've perked up a bit this afternoon. So much to be thankful for. I am not alone, for a start! My partner does his best but my daughter is wonderful! She keeps me upbeat. She thinks the way I have coped has been amazing which helps me feel better about myself. She arranges all sorts of treats and jaunts that make us both happy. 

      and... One day it will be over...

      i hope your your journey will continue uneventfully and you will be out the other end soon x

    • iellen32
      iellen32 Mrs_CJ

      Posted

      Hi Mrs CJ,

      Let me send you a gentle hug as I wish you are able to keep a positive attitude regardless the evidences, causing a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes.

      it is a catalyst and it sparks....

      My experience tells me so...

      Lots of love on your way,

      ❤️💚💜😘🌸

    • Mrs_CJ
      Mrs_CJ iellen32

      Posted

      Thanks so much. I know this condition has ups and downs and we all just have to move through them but I seem to have lost my normal amount of patience. Perhaps a cup of tea sitting in my garden will help smile
    • iellen32
      iellen32 Sheilamac_Fife

      Posted

      Oh, dear aSheilsmac Fife, we get tired to be sick and sometimes it happens we get tired to hold on too.

      Wish you keep in good spirits regardless.

      ❤️😘🌸

    • Anhaga
      Anhaga Mrs_CJ

      Posted

      Wish it was a time of year I could sit in my garden.  wink  However the snowdrops are up. my neighbour's crocuses have shown their faces, and a few days ago there were a couple of dozen (American) robins feasting on hawthorn berries in my backyard.  I think they were migrating further North, perhaps to Newfoundland.
    • Mrs_CJ
      Mrs_CJ Anhaga

      Posted

      It sounds like Our spring is a little bit ahead of you here on Vancouver Island. But I am having to put on a jacket and find a sunny place to sit while I have my tea and make garden plans for the spring. We have robins all winter and I'm now seeing fewer juncos at the bird feeder so I guess most of them have gone to their summer home.  The first day of spring will be here in a couple days!
    • Anhaga
      Anhaga Mrs_CJ

      Posted

      Lived in Victoria for a couple of years.  If I could choose a place to spend Spring, it would be Victoria.  I'd be in Nova Scotia for Autumn (and possible summer as well, but not the Atlantic coast) and winter in New Zealand (our winter, their summer).  biggrin
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