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reduced eyesight after total anesthesia
dear Dr. Kaplan,
sorry for the troubles, I could not find how to start a discussion. I hope this time it works!
as I already wrote you, a couple of weeks ago my partner had to undergo gynecological surgery (laparoscopy). when awakening from general anesthesia, she could not open her eyes as they were extremely dry, red and very sensitive to the light. Also the following days the eyes continued to be sensitive to the light, with a reduced vision and it was very uncomfortable for her to wear her usual glasses for shortsightedness.
The eye doctor verified no physical problems with the cornea but could measure that the shortsightedness deteriorated by 1 diopter per eye and verified difficulties in reading from a close distance.
With the progressing of the recovery this problems seem to be reducing, but the situation has not come back to normal.
What we find puzzling is that nobody so far has been able to provide an explanation why this has happened.
have you ever experienced similar cases? what would be your advise for dealing with such a situation? could a visual training be of help?
many thanks and best regards
f.silvestri
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Permalink Reply by Roberto Kaplan on -
Thank you Francesca for your question. Of course without meeting your partner and examining the facts personally, I can only speculate that there may have been a drug induced stress spasm on the focusing system. If this is true, then a simple focusing vision training process should increase the flexibility of the focus again. Perhaps the extra blurriness of the nearsightedness will also be helped. I could assist via a long distant consultation to answer this question in more detail.
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