|
My mum can't see from the side of her right eye
Hey. I'm kinda worried about my mum because I was standing next to her and she told me she suddenly couldn't see me standing next to her because her sight was just black. She just can't see the sides. Everything else is fine. :(
Has someone experienced this before? Thanks!
[ ]
Want to answer more questions in the Health & Fitness category?
Maybe give some free advice about: Health?
Your mom needs to see an ophthalmologist or an ophthalmic surgeon. These are medical doctors who specialize in the care of the eyes. These visits would most likely be covered under her medical insurance and not insurance she may have for vision care as her problem may be medically rather than a vision problem.
I am not a doctor so I can't say for certain what the problem is. While there are a number of different reasons for what your mom is experiencing my belief is it may have something to do with the retina and not the lens of her eye. If mom has fallen or been in a car accident or in someway had something strike her head that would validate my concern that this may be a retina problem.
Mom should do one of two things. She could go see her family doctor and let that doctor examine her eyes. Based on examination her family doctor would recommend what if any type of further treatment and doctor she may need. The other choice is to contact one of the doctors I first recommended. She should not wait for if my guess is right this will only get worse and be harder to fix.
]
Thats one of the things an eye doctor will check for.sti pt my system I am near sighted and so I get regular check ups and get glasses or contacts up dated.
People with perfect vision have no need of corrective lenses and so its unlikely they have been often, or ever in to see an eye doctor. It would be a good thing for her to go so in case there is a problem, that something can be done to help her remaining eye sight before it is gone.
Not to scare you, but there are points in everyones vision that can be like little blind spots. They run a test for each eye where I am to press a button each time I notice a quick tiny speck of light flash for a second or less. I have noticed that when I look straight ahead but try to catch all these lights, that some are dimmer than others and some I am not sure I saw at all. there are some I miss and a certain amount of this is normal and I have never been told to worry about it. But they do check because if the change was too great since last test it could be an indicator to check for something abnormal.
Tell mom even if its scary she must go see an eye doctor. Usually every insurance plan has Md's, dentists and eye doctors they will cover. If you dont have insurance, time to start checking what programs help those without insurance to get eyes checked. It is a serious enough situation to get checked out as soon as possible to make sure she gets treatment if needed as soon as possible or if it comes and goes, only a doctor can figure out if its related to another medical problem. Sight is precious...one doesnt want to mess around and not get it checked out.
]
There could be many reasons why her vision is not so well. So we'd just be guessing and if we guess wrong and it's something far worse, then that will just screw everything up.
So she needs to go to a doctor and see what's going on. She can either go to an eye doctor or the family doctor to see what's going on and how they can help her.
Better to be safe than sorry.
]
Your mother should go to the emergency room.
Loss of vision, even just partially, could mean many, many different things. None of us are doctors, we'd just be guessing, and some of those guesses might scare you.
So don't panic, just pack up and head to the ER. Far better to be safe than sorry with a sudden loss of vision.
]
More Questions: |