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  1. ud2 ud2 is offline

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    Jan 4th, 2010 (1/4/2010 7:28am)

    So I went to the optometrist to get my prescription updated last week, and my optometrist saw something that was somewhat concerning. He explained it to me this way:

    "Imagine your eye as a basketball. At the back of your eye where the optic nerve(s?) connects, rather than being either mostly spherical or flat (which is normal), my eyes are pushed inward."

    After I had answered negatively all of his questions about other possible symptoms, he didn't seem as concerned, but he still wanted me to go see an ophthalmologist. He explained to me that my eye being like that wasn't itself something that was really a problem, but that it could be indicative of something else being wrong. He also explained that one of the reasons my eyes could be this way is because the pressure of my spinal fluid may be high.

    Anyway, I have an appointment with an ophthalmologist Friday morning, and I would like to be able to google whatever this is called so that I will have some idea of what I could be hearing from the guy. I didn't think to ask the optometrist what the condition would be called, and he didn't volunteer it. I did, however, hear the tech call it some two word something when making my appointment with the ophthalmologist. I didn't even think to try and remember it at the time.

    Cliff's notes: What is it called when your eyes are pushed inward at the optic nerve(s)?

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    Jan 4th, 2010 (1/4/2010 7:44am) in reply to ud2

    papilledema or pseudotumor cerebri (based solely on quick google searches)
     
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    Jan 4th, 2010 (1/4/2010 9:12am) in reply to ud2

    On second thought, I don't want to research this at all. Nor do I want to go to my appointment. Seeing as how I'm not currently having any symptoms of anything that are actually bothering me in any way, I would feel much more comfortable ignoring this than going to see a doctor to possibly learn some potentially devastating news that I may be going blind, have a tumor, have lyme disease, or worse. This post was a horrible idea. Getting my eyes checked was as well. My prescription was only off by about 15%. I could have lived with that.
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    Jan 4th, 2010 (1/4/2010 9:35am) in reply to ud2

    " I would feel much more comfortable ignoring this than going to see a doctor to possibly learn some potentially devastating news "

    Yeh, but what about the times where it is something relitively small that left untreated could turn out far worse?
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    Jan 4th, 2010 (1/4/2010 9:45am) in reply to ibluffheaps

     
    Originally Posted by ibluffheaps View Post

    Yeh, but what about the times where it is something relitively small that left untreated could turn out far worse?

    I suppose that is why I'll be going even though I really don't want to. Well, that and the fact that I told my mom about it and she would worry and bother me endlessly to get checked out if I didn't go.
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    Jan 4th, 2010 (1/4/2010 9:51am) in reply to ud2

    papilledema is the correct name for this. wikipedia has a decent short write-up on it:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilledema

    go to the ophthalmologist and get it checked. it may be nothing worrisome, but you should go to make sure its nothing bad.
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    Jan 4th, 2010 (1/4/2010 10:09am) in reply to MUPokerPlayer

    You're eyes aren't something to mess around with, make sure you go to the appointment.
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    Jan 4th, 2010 (1/4/2010 10:45am) in reply to mkm44

    OP I suggest you do NOT click Mupps link. If you do, don't look at the causes. Just go to the Dr. imo
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    Jan 4th, 2010 (1/4/2010 11:43am) in reply to niptuck

     
    Originally Posted by niptuck View Post

    OP I suggest you do NOT click Mupps link. If you do, don't look at the causes. Just go to the Dr. imo

    Yeah, it's a bit late for that, as it was the first thing that came up in google after Spanky posted the name.

    The only reason I'm not terribly worried after reading all of this is because I pretty much never have headaches. I mean, I probably get a headache about once every 6 months, and that is not an exaggeration at all.

    Actually, I just read about each of those causes and their symptoms, and I'm fairly confident in ruling out almost all of them. I am a tiny bit worried about lyme disease, but only because I found a tick on my chest about 6 months ago. I never showed any signs of infection from that though, so I'm not too concerned.

    After browsing 10 or so wiki pages here's my self diagnosis: I'm fat. I have some level of sleep apnea that is causing some level of increased intracranial pressure.

    I suppose that's probably a best case scenario, but really it's the only thing I saw that has symptoms that I could not just completely rule out.

    I'll go get checked out for sure, but I'm not too worried now at least.
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