Milk Fairy Question

[Smileyian]

Hi , You answered a question recently and something struck a cord. You had mentioned pain in left eye which I had never associated with my now confirmed CA Spasms. Maybe only once a month and usually about 3am I get this intense pain in left eye lasting maybe up to an hour. I have never associated it with angina but merely eye strain. A deep prolonged ache. I now wonder if associated with CA spasms in the night. My cardiologist explained to me yesterday that the vast majority of CA spasm patients have a good long term prognosis ! Would you agree with that....generally ?

[ellj]

Hi, sorry I am not milkfairy and am reluctant to hijack your post but it resonates with me and I had to.

I have been experiencing left eye pain virtually every day for weeks.

Bizarrely it comes on at 4.00pm give or take a couple of minutes every time !

You have certainly made me think .

Hopefully Milkfairy will be along to answer your post soon.

Ellie

[Smileyian in reply to ellj]

Her view would be very interesting. You are welcome to hijack. Thank you.

[Hidden]

Get your eyes checked out, including a gonioscopy. There is a small chance you're having an event called a 'partial angle closure'. This is a less common form of glaucoma that can be triggered by a myriad of events. It's dangerous because if it progresses to full angle closure, you go blind within a few hours without medical intervention.

It is probably not that, but you should have it checked to rule it out. If you are predisposed to that happening, it can be easily fixed with a simple laser procedure.

If it happens again before you get yourself checked, when it happens, go in a darkened area and look at a point light source such as the torch on your phone. If you see a coloured hallow around the light source in the affected eye, it is a strong indicator of angle closure. If you don't then it is unlikely to be that.

[Smileyian in reply to Hidden]

Spot on. I was worried about Glaucoma and went to see eye specialist. Turned out all was fine except I learned that I had very mild angle closure which was treated. However the pain in the night has happened post that treatment hence maybe not related. About 6-8 times over the past year.

[Milkfairy Heart Star]

Hello Ian,

My Cardiologist and Neurologist consider I live with a disorder of my arteries- vasospastic angina, vasospasms in my brain causing migraine like symptoms and Raynaud's phenomenon.

I experience my ' migraine' and eye symptoms at the same time as my chest pain.

I have my eyes checked for glaucoma everytime I go to the optician.

Prognosis depends on the severity and frequency of your symptoms etc.

Most patients with appropriate treatment do well however there is a group of patients with difficult to treat vasospastic angina about 20% who have form of Refractory angina.

My Cardiologist advice to me was he would treat me with medication to reduce my risks of developing high blood pressure or obstructive coronary artery disease as well as Vasospastic angina.

My job is to adopt the appropriate lifestyle to achieve this too.

[Smileyian in reply to Milkfairy]

Hi Milkfairy. Thank you for your concise reply. Indeed you have much to deal with and I wish you all the very best in your endeavours to control the various conditions of which you discuss.

[Milkfairy Heart Star]

Here's a recently published article you may find helpful.

sciencedirect.com/science/a...

[Smileyian in reply to Milkfairy]

The article was most interesting albeit extremely comprehensive and detailed. Thank you very much