Head Injury and eyesight

Hi just been to opticians for sight test

I am not a hypochondriac but just asking questions

Can a TBI cause sight problems

[Kirk5w7]

Yes, most definitely. In my case the swelling on my brain squeezed the optic nerves restricting blood flow, I was told I was lucky because in others it's caused blindness.

I need very bright light to see the best I can my night vision is pants and I have lost some peripheral vision on the right.

I am due another Humphreys field test next week to check the extent of the deficit in peripheral vision, or if it has deteriorated.

I have trouble with detail too, I really have to concentrate hard if I need to see detail, I've started doing counted cross stitch! It's not easy but practice, practice and it's slowly improving.

If you feel all is not right get your GP to refer you to the ophthalmologist at the hospital, I've been tod nothing can be done but it helps to know.

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Already been referred to eye clinic as pressure is elevated

[Smilerdi]

Hi there

Yes, vision can be affected after a BI. I had a brain haemorrhage caused by an abnormality I was apparently born with (AVM), which has left me partially sighted. Both eyes are unable to see the RH half of the vision field. As per the previous mailer,

My vision will not return either.

I manage well by being kind to myself, and being incredibly grateful to God that I am a survivor that I am not left severely disabled .

I have mental fatigue daily which is the biggest challenge of an ABI I feel.

Hope all goes well for you too

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SORRY TO ADD BUT YES. MY BI DAMAGED BOTH MY OPTIC NERVES & I'VE GOT NO SIGHT IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND QUARTER OF BOTH EYES. REST OF EYE IS OK.

OPTICIAN GAVE ME A VISUAL FIELD TEST WHERE YOU PRESS A BUTTON WHEN YOU SEE A LIGHT ON A SCREEN & IT MAPPED THE BLIND AREAS. IT'S COMPLETELY NON INVASIVE & PAIN FREE. I'D RECOMMEND YOU HAVE ONE. IT ACTUALLY HELPED DIAGNOSE MY BI, I HAD AN MRI SCAN AFTER IT TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED & THEY FOUND THE BLEED.

YOU ARE DEFUNITELY NOT BEING A HYPOCHONDRIAC.

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had field test seemed ok i think

[dora21 in reply to Hidden]

Hello sorry to add a yes to your question, I suffered double vision after my TBI & had to keep on till I was listened too, when I got an appointment at the opthalmics at the hospital they told me I had torsional nystagmus which increases with the right gaze, & is suggestive of a central vestibular lesion. I also suffered terrible dizzyness & was sent to the ENT where it was found I had benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, they carried out the Parnes particle repositional manoeuvre. I now take meds & have a prisim on a pair of glasses for my vision & the manoeuvre I had at the ENT has considerably helped with my dizziness. I hope this info has helped you out. Hope you get the help you need x

[cat3]

Me too dillm. I think I've been in denial for the past couple of years but there's no doubt that my vision has seriously deteriorated since the SAH. I actually see double now at distance and reading books is a real struggle.

I'll give the optician one last chance to improve things then, if that fails, I'll go through the referral channels to the eye hospital.

It isn't coincidental ; my eyesight was great before the bleed then as soon as I was discharged I realised I had problems but put it well down the list owing to other issues.

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I am being referred to the Hospital

I have posted a pix of our smudge guarding the Plants in our local Park

[cat3 in reply to Hidden]

I know, and it's gone through (with all the others) to my picture library. Really lovely dillm.................thank you !

[B_S_A]

Yup, lost my right peripheral vision after the stroke.

[spartan300]

I lose vision when I have a Migrane and when everything closes in to the left and right this could be caused by too much stress

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Have you discussed this with your health care professional

[Mikesghost]

YES! I have double vision and a distortion in my right eye, I have difficulty seeing in low light conditions and can't read small print without a magnifying glass. Certain coloured text is all but invisible. My peripheral vision is also poor. These things are annoying at times but I manage to ignore them most of the time.

[Codarion]

For me it was a (benign) brain tumour. A little less than a year after treatment I noticed I was seeing double beyond a certain distance. A regular checkup with my optician found papilledema in both eyes, then the ophthalmologist in the local hospital scheduled an emergency MRI for me within the next few days. What had happened was that the tumour had indirectly caused a mild case of hydrocephalus - basically the fluid pressure in my head had gone up, and was putting pressure on a couple of the nerves that tell the muscles around my eyes to point them somewhere.

Now I wear glasses with a prism stuck on one lens to correct it and all is (relatively) well!

So in short, yes. There are a bunch of reasons why your vision could be affected, and you shouldn't worry about asking questions and getting it checked.

[Nutkin33]

I had my TBI in January last year. I suffered a few thing, of which my sight was one. I have double vision and vertigo, so my balance is also affected. Maybe one day it will be ok, but I just have to wait for our dear friend, time. Good luck

[Negeen]

You can find tbi and anything really. I have would just urge you to remain optimistic.

[Hidden in reply to Negeen]

I am trying not to link everything with been told last year that I had a severe life threatening brain injury 50 yrs ago

Unfortunately the health care professionals ( and I seem to have ones who know about TBI ) are saying that symptom A,B,C etc may be linked to my experiences I am just trying to research the subject so I can understand After all knowledge is power

[muzzyden]

I had brain abscesses for which I now have a shunt in to drain them , before this happened I only wore glasses for computer or reading , since then I now have to wear glasses all the time !!!!!! I have 1 pair for reading and computer and 1 pair for everyday things as I couldn't tolerate bi - focals or vari-focals they would totally make me feel odd all the time .

[Winb143 in reply to muzzyden]

Muzzy, I have had to upgrade my reading glasses also since my SAH. More payout lol xx

[gr33nmind]

It can be, but doesn't necessarily have to change. I was born wt a legally blind right eye. When I had my car accident, the EMT's removed my contacts. Then during my first neuropych exam, no one told them I wore corrective lenses, and they deemed my vision guarded. Still when my vision was finally properly examined again, they decided that my vision had actually improved. Still since my visual attentional skills are so hindered from my injury, it kinda is like my vision was affected.

[artangel]

Hi Dillmn2, Yes my TBI has cased sight problems with my left eye which mt option tells me is getting worse! I was also diagnosed with "Visual Vertigo" just last Christmas. 7 years after accjdent. Which is why my balance is a bit doggy.

[Danslatete]

Double vision. Something to do with dorsal streams?

Anyway it means I got double vision. I have had injections into muscles behind the eyeball to help bring them together, I have prisms in my glasses and it does help.

My eyes seem to follow other things, If I'm reading and something is moving around edge of the book then my eyes seem to be drawn to whatever is moving!

I struggle with certain colours, like red or dark blu on black. Other colours seem raised or sunken on the page.

[Flumptious]

'Changes to sight'? Well...

I received my TBI 9 years ago. I had double vision for months (and so had to wear a patch over one eye). Now, there is only one image if I look straight forward, but it is double if I try and look downwards. One of the images is 'normal' (so, in the right place, and is, thankfully, stronger). The other is off to the right, much lower, and at an odd angle. It's weird, though: if I close either eye, I see the 'correct' image. It is only if I have both eyes open that I see the 'wrong' (wonky) one.

Plus, when I look in a mirror, at my nose, I can see my left eye, but not the right one - everything to the right is a blurry mess. However, if I *look* over to the right, I can see stuff there. I most certainly can't see well enough to drive, and I am officially 'blind', since my accident.

However, as far as the opticians are concerned, they treat me as a normal person with moderate short-sightedness. I wear glasses, but there are no changes to my 'sight' caused by the TBI.