southbel Posted October 28, 2012 Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 My husband noticed something really odd in me yesterday. He said I had perfect red rings around my iris in each eye. I've googled it and it seems it's mostly a problem with contact lens wearers. However, I do not wear nor have ever worn contact lenses. I did find a reference to it being an indicator that the eye is starved of oxygen. We've made an appointment with an opthamologist for Tuesday. Has anyone else ever seen this or had this issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpchp Posted October 28, 2012 Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 Southbel, this sounds like iritis. Do you have any pain, or light sensitivity? If you have any of these symptoms or changes in vision, please try to get in before tuesday. Iritis is sometimes associated with autoimmune diseases such as ulcerative colitis, and crohns disease. It can be acute, or chronic. Acute iritis needs quick treatment so that damage to the iris and uvea is prevented. I am of course not a doctor, and not trying to diagnose, but I work for an ophthalmologist, and have seen this many times. Let me know if you have any questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southbel Posted October 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 No pain but definitely have light sensitivity. I figured this was all due to my dizziness and focus/depth perception issues I've been having. It's hard to explain but I have to work really, really hard to focus on one point (aka talking to a person and focus on that person). I'll be in the hospital on Monday morning first thing for a bunch of testing <sigh>. I'll go ahead and bring it up then too. Man, I feel like my body is just falling apart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpchp Posted October 28, 2012 Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 I'm glad you'll at least be able to tell them, good luck :-) hey, have you ever noticed your pupils get different? I have that alot, and makes it really hard for me to focus too. My left one gets really big, and stays big... Oh the joys of dysautonomia ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southbel Posted October 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 I'm glad you'll at least be able to tell them, good luck :-) hey, have you ever noticed your pupils get different? I have that alot, and makes it really hard for me to focus too. My left one gets really big, and stays big... Oh the joys of dysautonomia !YES!!! My right pupil is quite a bit larger than my left right now. I thought it was my imagination but even my husband agreed on it. I've mentioned it to doctors before when I was trying to get a diagnosis and they largely blew it off. I really got to say that talking to y'all on this board is the FIRST time I've felt like 'wow there's other people out there like me'!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpchp Posted October 28, 2012 Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 Me too, for a while there I seriously thought I was bonkers, till I found the people here. We may be falling apart, but at least we do it together :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sue1234 Posted October 28, 2012 Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 I've never had the red ring, but, I do have a weird blue/gray ring around my iris(I have dark brown eyes). I have no clue what that is. But, I do have the other eye symptoms you are talking about. I get days where I cannot handle the daylight coming in through my house windows. And, I cannot seem to focus very well, and definitely worse in the morning. Let us know what you find out Tuesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTLUCK Posted October 28, 2012 Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 Just making sure, not Kaiser Fleisher rings of Wilson's diseasehttp://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm1101534 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTLUCK Posted October 28, 2012 Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 By the way, very rare and treatable so do not want to be scaring anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southbel Posted October 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 Just making sure, not Kaiser Fleisher rings of Wilson's diseasehttp://www.nejm.org/.../NEJMicm1101534Mine doesn't look anything like that. It's just a red ring right around my iris with some light generalized redness in the rest of my eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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