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Full History - 2017 - 03 - 09 - ID#5yhz9h
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Rainbow halos around lights after a solid 6-7 hour sleep - I have what is probably chronic closure angle glaucoma, my doctor says the rainbows probably aren't the eye pressure increasing but I dunno (self.Blind)
submitted by ShinigamiKiba
For starters I want to say that my eye anatomy is atypical and I was bound to get some sort of glaucoma at some point in life. It's a complex situation but due to the size and atypical anatomy of my eyes they can't quite determine what type of glaucoma I have, what they know for sure is that there is no damage to the optical nerve or anywhere on the eye itself for that matter. My right eye is healthier but the pupil is unnaturally positioned and since I also have microphatlmus and what not surgery is not an option.
In fact, even on my left eye surgery is not an option as it could render me blind.

I regularly take eye drops to which the doctor says I respond very well. Due to my condition and lack of natural lenses my eye pressure shouldn't drop too low either according to most doctors I speak to. My doctors(I visit a few different doctors) say my eye pressure stabilized at around 15-17, sometimes if I'm a tad stressed out it goes up to 21 but it quickly lowers itself back to 15 or 16 now. I also don't feel anything inside my eye, I did feel like my eyeball would pop out when it was 28-30+, I didn't feel any pain tho. But even the day I was diagnosed with a whooping 40 eye pressure back in November or so I didn't see any rainbow halos around lights, I would've noticed them.

Well recently they started appearing after I've had a solid 6-7 hour sleep and go away after maybe less than a minute, usually blinking a few times or gently rubbing my eye makes them go away, but they're unnatural, they're too precise and too obvious and only on my affected eye.

Doctors I talk to say they don't believe this is due to my fluxuations in eye pressure because normally rainbow halos are also associated with severe pain and I have none of that and they go away in about a minute. BUT, I suspect this might be a sign of my eye pressure increasing if my eye stays in the dark too long.

I take Azopt eye drops twice a day, the official web site says they should be taken 3 times a day but every doctor I talk to here insists it's twice and even the manual here says twice and Xalatan once a day.

If increase in eye pressure isn't causing this then what is?

Sorry about the somewhat sporadic and poorly written post, I can't think clearly when I'm stressed out much less construct sentences that make much sense lol. I'm just not the kind of person who deals well with stress since if I lose my left eye I'd be practically blind, meaning I won't be able to do all the thing I love.
I'm an illustrator for children's books despite being legally blind and want to keep doing that for the rest of my life. I love every second of it and I don't ever want to lose the ability to draw.

EDIT: I forgot to mention I had a detailed analysis done on my Coronea because one of my doctors through it looked off, but whatever malformations it had have been there my whole life, so there are no changes there and despite its rather strange anatomy it's perfectly healthy.

EDIT 2: Doctors say that my issue can probably be classified as Chronic Angle Closure glaucoma but due to my exceptionally atypical anatomy it really isn't a definite diagonsis, they believe the fact that I respond well to the eye drops I take means I shouldn't have any serious vision problems for the rest of my life, but these darn rainbows worry the heck out of me.

EDIT 3: I know it's just wishful thinking, but could this be the result of my eyes getting pretty dry these past few weeks? I suppose I overwork myself because I have a ton of illustration work to do and forget my artificial tears, but when I wake up my eyes aren't really dry tho sometimes they are yet I get those circles for a about a minute or less

EDIT 4: I read this article and the interviewed doctor talks about halos and how they're a sign of coronea edema, my coronea has a completely atypical structure and they did check it thoroughly but found it was that way my entire life and there are no recent changes or damage to it.
I'm not sure if we're allowed to post links in text posts and I don't want my topic deleted so I'll post the link in the comments section.

This is what the article says and so does my main doctor

"P: Are halos any indication of low or high IOP?

Dr. Elliot Werner: Neither. Halos indicate something in the transparent structures of the eye that is interfering with the transmission of light back to the retina. The most common causes of halos are corneal edema (swelling), cataract, and high humidity in the air."

He also says coroneal edema can cause colored halos, but I've had atypical structure on my coronea my whole life now so I dunno, he also says that if you see halos when your IOP is high you are developing edema at those times...I really don't know what to think but I know I'm terrified so yeah



fastfinge 2 points 6y ago
MODERATION!

According to $1 it's against the rules to ask for, or give, medical advice on Reddit. Just like any other subreddit, if /r/blind failed to abide by and enforce the user agreement, it would be banned. So this thread has been locked.
Vaelian 1 points 6y ago
I do have congenital glaucoma and started to see those coronas around lights 3 years before going blind. In my case my eye just stopped responding to medication all of a sudden. I had two surgeries to attempt to correct the situation but the best they could achieve was 20mmHg at full medication. Intra-ocular pressure peaking at night isn't unheard of.
ShinigamiKiba [OP] 1 points 6y ago
Also could you please provide a bit more info on your circles, did they go away quickly at first like mine do, was there any pain or discomfort associated with them and were they always present or just upon waking up?
ShinigamiKiba [OP] 1 points 6y ago
Jesus, sorry to hear that
hope I don't go blind that'd be real bad
My doctors say that 20-22mm is fine for me given I don't have lesnes tho now it's down to 16mm
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