Sinusitis FAQ

Eye Pain ?

Question:

I think its probably sinus. But I am not a dr. My experience with optic nuritis was a blurring of vision to in a matter of hrs complete loss of sight. Hope this helps. Take care but if doesn’t go away please call your dr. Thats what they are suppose to be there for.

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"Helen Deborah Vecht" <helenve…@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message news:2000102317515285140@zetnet.co.uk… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> The message <GSWI5.76918$YG5.54…@tor-nn1.netcom.ca> >   from  "Alex and Gaylan" <alexandgay…@email.msn.com> contains these words: > > Hi Helen, > > I have been thinking about you and wondering how you are getting along. > > Glad to see your name. > I’m fine, thanks. > I’m on Annual Leave from work at present. Prior to that I had been > very busy and somewhat stressed. > — > Helen D. Vecht: helenve…@zetnet.co.uk

I certainly hope your Leave gives you a time of rest and relaxation; I think there is no profession that needs it more than being a physician. Gaylan – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –

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>If your upper row of teeth hurt or ache too, then it’s probably sinus. >Neuralgia is extremely painful in any event, and may or many not be related >to your MS.

When I had ON my upper teeth hurt too, that’s what thru the doctors off!  It was called "referred" pain. Diane W. Orlando "Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today." – James Dean

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So diane…did your insurance company approve of the referral? : P Take care : ) JulieD "Diwitt" <diw…@aol.comspamfree> wrote in message

news:20001024234648.16860.00001033@ng-fz1.aol.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> >If your upper row of teeth hurt or ache too, then it’s probably sinus. > >Neuralgia is extremely painful in any event, and may or many not be related > >to your MS. > When I had ON my upper teeth hurt too, that’s what thru the doctors off! It > was called "referred" pain. > Diane W. > Orlando > "Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if > you’ll die today." – James Dean

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Hi! I went to the dentist last February and had to have a fractured tooth repaired, (from eating pistachios, which I don’t eat anymore) Anyways! As soon as he put the needle in, which my the way doesn’t ususally bother me, I almost jumped right out of the chair and nearly passed out!  From that moment on! I got trigeminal neuralgia which was in my jaw, cheek and my eye. Now! I am so afraid to go to the dentist.  My GP said it wasn’t trigeminal neuralgia, but my neuro said it was! Who cares who said what! All I remember is the pain!  OUCH! Roarke <roa…@langleyirrv.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message

news:8t24fh$h3k$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> If your upper row of teeth hurt or ache too, then it’s probably sinus. > Neuralgia is extremely painful in any event, and may or many not be related > to your MS. > Roarke. > "Diana Calder" <d.r.calder@home> wrote in message > news:wcYI5.505937$8u4.6348447@news1.rdc1.bc.home.com… > > Hi Sharon! > > I had eye pain in my right eye that lasted for weeks.  The neuro suspected > > optic neuritis.  He sent me to an ophthalmologist in which case he > indicated > > that M.S. has never touched my eyes. It was a form of neuralgia. > Extremely > > painful!  I get it off and on.  More off would be better!  By the way, it > is > > a beautiful, cool sunny day here in Coquitlam, British Columbia. > > Happiness > > Diana > > shajon <sha…@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message > > news:jQEI5.3131$iY1.68661@sodalite.nbnet.nb.ca… > > > Hi to all…I have a ? > > > I have had a sinus infection for over a month. Also, for the last 3 days > > my > > > left eye > > > has been aching and is painful to touch. > > > Could this be from the sinus infection (which is on the same side) or > > could > > > it > > > be Optic Neuritis? I do not have any blurring or vision loss. Should I > > > be going back to the Doc.? > > > Thanks and I hope everyone is having a great weekend. It is sunny but > > > windy and cool here in New Brunswick, Canada. > > > Sharon

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TeHeee!!!!!>o diane…did your insurance company approve of the referral? : P – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Take care : ) >JulieD >"Diwitt" <diw…@aol.comspamfree> wrote in message >news:20001024234648.16860.00001033@ng-fz1.aol.com… >> >If your upper row of teeth hurt or ache too, then it’s probably sinus. >> >Neuralgia is extremely painful in any event, and may or many not be >related >> >to your MS. >> When I had ON my upper teeth hurt too, that’s what thru the doctors off! >It >> was called "referred" pain. >> Diane W. >> Orlando >> "Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if >> you’ll die today." – James Dean

Diane W. Orlando "Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today." – James Dean

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Hi Diane.. I did have one bout with ON in the past and I don’t remember any pain. Sure did not like the Solymedrol treatments but they did work fast. (ugggg to the side effects though.) Thanks and nice to meet you… Sharon ————————————————————— Diwitt <diw…@aol.comspamfree> wrote in message

news:20001022150900.14956.00000862@ng-fk1.aol.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> > Also, for the last 3 days my > >left eye > >has been aching and is painful to touch. > >Could this be from the sinus infection (which is on the same side) or could > >it > >be Optic Neuritis? > For me the key to ON pain was that when I MOVED my eyeball side to side as if > to look at something the eyeball itself hurt.  Not the lids or the "orbit" > (socket) as the eye docs are prone to call it. It was extremely painful with an > excruciating headache as well.  They treated me for a sinus infection for two > weeks before they sent me to an neuro-opthomologist. Have you had any decrease > in the brightness of your vision? Every day I woke up and things looked like > someone was turning the dimmer switch down!  Try looking at a very white object > with your unaffected eye and then look at it with the other?  Did it turn a > dirty white?  Are you sensitive to light?  I had to wear sun glasses in the > house!  Do you find you are having a hard time reading?  Are the words jumping > around on the page or do you miss the words on your affected side?  I would > mistake the number 11 for 1 for example. Good luck!  First dose of solumedrol > killed the pain! > Diane W. > Orlando > "Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if > you’ll die today." – James Dean

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The message <20001022150900.14956.00000…@ng-fk1.aol.com>   from  diw…@aol.comspamfree (Diwitt) contains these words: > For me the key to ON pain was that when I MOVED my eyeball side to side as if > to look at something the eyeball itself hurt.

Yup, I had that. I suspected ON but had a severe bout of denial… > Not the lids or the "orbit" > (socket) as the eye docs are prone to call it. It was extremely painful with an > excruciating headache as well.

I only had a mild ache but had a small blind spot the day I went to the Eye Hospital… > They treated me for a sinus infection

They said I had sinusitis but did not give any treatment…. > for two weeks before they sent me to an neuro-opthomologist.

over the four days of Easter Holiday 1997 I went from having 20/20 (6/6) vision in my left eye to zero perception of light… > Have you had any decrease > in the brightness of your vision? Every day I woke up and things looked like > someone was turning the dimmer switch down!

I could look at the sun and see *nothing* I eventually went to my own ER and asked a colleague to arrange admission. > Good luck!  First dose of solumedrol killed the pain!

My pain also went when I started steroids but it was never that bad. — Helen D. Vecht: helenve…@zetnet.co.uk

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Hi Helen, I have been thinking about you and wondering how you are getting along. Glad to see your name. Gaylan "Helen Deborah Vecht" <helenve…@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message news:2000102300082885140@zetnet.co.uk…

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Hi Sharon! I had eye pain in my right eye that lasted for weeks.  The neuro suspected optic neuritis.  He sent me to an ophthalmologist in which case he indicated that M.S. has never touched my eyes. It was a form of neuralgia.  Extremely painful!  I get it off and on.  More off would be better!  By the way, it is a beautiful, cool sunny day here in Coquitlam, British Columbia. Happiness Diana shajon <sha…@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message

news:jQEI5.3131$iY1.68661@sodalite.nbnet.nb.ca… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi to all…I have a ? > I have had a sinus infection for over a month. Also, for the last 3 days my > left eye > has been aching and is painful to touch. > Could this be from the sinus infection (which is on the same side) or could > it > be Optic Neuritis? I do not have any blurring or vision loss. Should I > be going back to the Doc.? > Thanks and I hope everyone is having a great weekend. It is sunny but > windy and cool here in New Brunswick, Canada. > Sharon

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The message <GSWI5.76918$YG5.54…@tor-nn1.netcom.ca>   from  "Alex and Gaylan" <alexandgay…@email.msn.com> contains these words: > Hi Helen, > I have been thinking about you and wondering how you are getting along. > Glad to see your name.

I’m fine, thanks. I’m *very* touched you’ve been thinking about me. I’m on Annual Leave from work at present. Prior to that I had been very busy and somewhat stressed. — Helen D. Vecht: helenve…@zetnet.co.uk

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If your upper row of teeth hurt or ache too, then it’s probably sinus. Neuralgia is extremely painful in any event, and may or many not be related to your MS. Roarke. "Diana Calder" <d.r.calder@home> wrote in message

news:wcYI5.505937$8u4.6348447@news1.rdc1.bc.home.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi Sharon! > I had eye pain in my right eye that lasted for weeks.  The neuro suspected > optic neuritis.  He sent me to an ophthalmologist in which case he indicated > that M.S. has never touched my eyes. It was a form of neuralgia. Extremely > painful!  I get it off and on.  More off would be better!  By the way, it is > a beautiful, cool sunny day here in Coquitlam, British Columbia. > Happiness > Diana > shajon <sha…@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message > news:jQEI5.3131$iY1.68661@sodalite.nbnet.nb.ca… > > Hi to all…I have a ? > > I have had a sinus infection for over a month. Also, for the last 3 days > my > > left eye > > has been aching and is painful to touch. > > Could this be from the sinus infection (which is on the same side) or > could > > it > > be Optic Neuritis? I do not have any blurring or vision loss. Should I > > be going back to the Doc.? > > Thanks and I hope everyone is having a great weekend. It is sunny but > > windy and cool here in New Brunswick, Canada. > > Sharon

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I experienced ON in April of this year. The pain began in my right eye while I was helping to mow my mother’s yard on the riding mower, so I assumed a bit of dust had blown into it. The pain continued for two weeks, sometimes accompanied by headaches, dizziness, and nausea. As I had a mild sinus infection, well meaning friends and loved ones told me the pain was caused by the infection. After two weeks, I began losing vision in my affected eye. It took three days for it to leave completely. I saw nothing but total blackness, and a little light perception around the periphery. Again, I was told by loved ones it was nothing, just sinuses. I went to the doctor anyways. He didn’t even examine me, but sent me to an optmetrist, who told me I had an optical nerve inflammation, and he said the way I could tell it was the nerve that was inflamed was by the severe pain when i looked to the extreme left or right, not moving my head. He sent me to the neurologist, and on to the hospital I went for the solumedrol, which took care of the pain right away. Not everyone experiences pain with ON from my understanding. I just thought sharing my experience may be helpful to you. The doctors weren’t sure that my vision would return, but it has, very gradually. It is about 80% of what it had been. My colors are off too. And it is dim. I still experience pain, but it comes and goes and it isn’t bothersome for the most part. And when I get hot, its my vision that suffers first. Even a hot shower affects it. Bye!        Tracy

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Does your eye hurt to move it???If so then your probably having an optic neuroritis attack?Thats how I know i’m having one.

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I’ve had recurring episodes that include eye pain for some years now.  I just had one over the weekend.  Had a new MRI on Thursday, and by Friday was in bed, incapacitated by the pain.  I don’t know if the MRI caused it or not.   Pain was initially in both eyes.  Burning, aching pain deep inside the eyes and behind them.  It grew and extended back inside my head.  Felt like the underside of my brain was on fire.  My head ached and my neck was stiff.  The roof of my mouth was swollen, so my dentures would not stay in.  Everything hurt – light, noise, movement – everything.  All I could do was lie still.  Painkillers didn’t help, and neither did hotpacks.  Sleep helped a bit, when possible.   This continued all weekend, until Sunday night.  The only thing that helped at all was cold packs around my head and eyes and ice cubes in the mouth.  I slept with ice packs on my head.  I was so disoriented and confused, I didn’t remember about the ice packs until Sunday.  Then Sunday night, after the pain had subsided a bit, my neck had gone into spasm, so I took a Valium.   Today, there’s just a hint of the pain left, and my eyes are a bit blurrier than usual.  Feeling pretty exhausted and "out of it" still.   This has been repeated many times during the past few years, and I don’t know what it is.   Carmel – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Lynne_Da…@bearmail.baylor.edu wrote: > Hi, Sharon. > Your pain could be caused from either the sinus infection or ON, — but > I would have it checked out, because treatment would be different > depending upon what was causing it. > That brings to mind something that happened recently to Kelli, (my > daughter,) who is prone to ON when she has an exacerbation. > She had pain in her right eye, which is usually indicative of ON for > her, and some problems with focus adjustment from near to far.  She > assumed that this was another adventure with ON.  This was late on a > Friday, and over the weekend she developed a really sore throat and some > accompanying sinus "stuff".  She went to the hospital, (she is an RN,) > and discovered she had strep and got treatment. > Her neuro told her on Monday that the eye problems would probably go > away when the strep was gone, and sure enough they did. > Remember that everything that happens to your body isn’t caused by the > MS, so you have to be careful not to overlook another very real problem > by assuming it is MS-related. > Good luck. ‘Hope you feel better really soon.  I enjoyed your intro. >  – Lynne > In article <jQEI5.3131$iY1.68…@sodalite.nbnet.nb.ca>, >   "shajon" <sha…@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: > > Hi to all…I have a ? > > I have had a sinus infection for over a month. Also, for the last 3 > days my > > left eye > > has been aching and is painful to touch. > > Could this be from the sinus infection (which is on the same side) or > could > > it > > be Optic Neuritis? I do not have any blurring or vision loss. Should I > > be going back to the Doc.? > > Thanks and I hope everyone is having a great weekend. It is sunny but > > windy and cool here in New Brunswick, Canada. > > Sharon > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.

– " Don’t wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel.   Stride down there and light the bloody thing yourself." web sites at: http://connect.to/carmel http://welcome.to/jaragun.ginger

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Carmel ~ I can tell you what it is — it’s an extended MS attack!!  I have this same, identical pain and I do mean pain at least once a month! I do the same thing, pack myself with cold packs – I even have one for my feet.  I take two vicodin ES and a Xanax along with 600 mg neurontin THEN I close the drapes, turn off the phone, tv and computer.  Chris checks on me ocassionally but otherwise I check out for about 12 hours. My doc knows when I tell him I have had a spell of the eye/head pain that I have been to the depths of h..l. Back to the eye pain.  My right has had the worse case of ON therefore it is sore to the touch all the time.  If I shut my eyes real tight it sends pain to the back of my head like a shot. Remember me posting about the EEG that was done last month?  That set off the pain and took about 10 days to heal.  BTW, EEG was normal – I understand that a "normal EEG" can give a tentative (guess work) diagnosis of MS or Alzheimers!  I don’t think I have a choice. I had another MRI done Oct 2nd and will get the results on the 9th.  The neuro already said he believes the falling backwards/passing out is caused by a lesion in the brain stem.  I believe that too. — Robbie C. Trinity, TX ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Three A’s of life: Acknowledge. Accept. Adjust. "Carmel" <car…@cyberwizards.com.au> wrote in message

news:39F3A9D5.5F4912FB@cyberwizards.com.au… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I’ve had recurring episodes that include eye pain for some years now.  I > just had one over the weekend.  Had a new MRI on Thursday, and by Friday > was in bed, incapacitated by the pain.  I don’t know if the MRI caused > it or not. > Pain was initially in both eyes.  Burning, aching pain deep inside the > eyes and behind them.  It grew and extended back inside my head.  Felt > like the underside of my brain was on fire.  My head ached and my neck > was stiff.  The roof of my mouth was swollen, so my dentures would not > stay in.  Everything hurt – light, noise, movement – everything.  All I > could do was lie still.  Painkillers didn’t help, and neither did > hotpacks.  Sleep helped a bit, when possible. > This continued all weekend, until Sunday night.  The only thing that > helped at all was cold packs around my head and eyes and ice cubes in > the mouth.  I slept with ice packs on my head.  I was so disoriented and > confused, I didn’t remember about the ice packs until Sunday.  Then > Sunday night, after the pain had subsided a bit, my neck had gone into > spasm, so I took a Valium. > Today, there’s just a hint of the pain left, and my eyes are a bit > blurrier than usual.  Feeling pretty exhausted and "out of it" still. > This has been repeated many times during the past few years, and I don’t > know what it is. > Carmel > Lynne_Da…@bearmail.baylor.edu wrote: > > Hi, Sharon. > > Your pain could be caused from either the sinus infection or ON, — but > > I would have it checked out, because treatment would be different > > depending upon what was causing it. > > That brings to mind something that happened recently to Kelli, (my > > daughter,) who is prone to ON when she has an exacerbation. > > She had pain in her right eye, which is usually indicative of ON for > > her, and some problems with focus adjustment from near to far.  She > > assumed that this was another adventure with ON.  This was late on a > > Friday, and over the weekend she developed a really sore throat and some > > accompanying sinus "stuff".  She went to the hospital, (she is an RN,) > > and discovered she had strep and got treatment. > > Her neuro told her on Monday that the eye problems would probably go > > away when the strep was gone, and sure enough they did. > > Remember that everything that happens to your body isn’t caused by the > > MS, so you have to be careful not to overlook another very real problem > > by assuming it is MS-related. > > Good luck. ‘Hope you feel better really soon.  I enjoyed your intro. > >  – Lynne > > In article <jQEI5.3131$iY1.68…@sodalite.nbnet.nb.ca>, > >   "shajon" <sha…@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: > > > Hi to all…I have a ? > > > I have had a sinus infection for over a month. Also, for the last 3 > > days my > > > left eye > > > has been aching and is painful to touch. > > > Could this be from the sinus infection (which is on the same side) or > > could > > > it > > > be Optic Neuritis? I do not have any blurring or vision loss. Should I > > > be going back to the Doc.? > > > Thanks and I hope everyone is having a great weekend. It is sunny but > > > windy and cool here in New Brunswick, Canada. > > > Sharon > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > Before you buy. > — > " Don’t wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel. >   Stride down there and light the bloody thing yourself." > web sites at: > http://connect.to/carmel > http://welcome.to/jaragun.ginger

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Thanks for this Robbie.  I’ll talk to the neuro about it on Friday & let you know what happens.   Carmel chrrob <chr…@wt.net> wrote in article <39f3d63…@data.wt.net>… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Carmel ~ > I can tell you what it is — it’s an extended MS attack!!  I have this same, > identical pain and I do mean pain at least once a month! > I do the same thing, pack myself with cold packs – I even have one for my > feet.  I take two vicodin ES and a Xanax along with 600 mg neurontin THEN I > close the drapes, turn off the phone, tv and computer.  Chris checks on me > ocassionally but otherwise I check out for about 12 hours. > My doc knows when I tell him I have had a spell of the eye/head pain that I > have been to the depths of h..l. > Back to the eye pain.  My right has had the worse case of ON therefore it is > sore to the touch all the time.  If I shut my eyes real tight it sends pain > to the back of my head like a shot. > Remember me posting about the EEG that was done last month?  That set off > the pain and took about 10 days to heal.  BTW, EEG was normal – I understand > that a "normal EEG" can give a tentative (guess work) diagnosis of MS or > Alzheimers!  I don’t think I have a choice. > I had another MRI done Oct 2nd and will get the results on the 9th.  The > neuro already said he believes the falling backwards/passing out is caused > by a lesion in the brain stem.  I believe that too. > — > Robbie C. > Trinity, TX > ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > Three A’s of life: > Acknowledge. > Accept. > Adjust. > "Carmel" <car…@cyberwizards.com.au> wrote in message > news:39F3A9D5.5F4912FB@cyberwizards.com.au… > > I’ve had recurring episodes that include eye pain for some years now. I > > just had one over the weekend.  Had a new MRI on Thursday, and by Friday > > was in bed, incapacitated by the pain.  I don’t know if the MRI caused > > it or not. > > Pain was initially in both eyes.  Burning, aching pain deep inside the > > eyes and behind them.  It grew and extended back inside my head.  Felt > > like the underside of my brain was on fire.  My head ached and my neck > > was stiff.  The roof of my mouth was swollen, so my dentures would not > > stay in.  Everything hurt – light, noise, movement – everything.  All I > > could do was lie still.  Painkillers didn’t help, and neither did > > hotpacks.  Sleep helped a bit, when possible. > > This continued all weekend, until Sunday night.  The only thing that > > helped at all was cold packs around my head and eyes and ice cubes in > > the mouth.  I slept with ice packs on my head.  I was so disoriented and > > confused, I didn’t remember about the ice packs until Sunday.  Then > > Sunday night, after the pain had subsided a bit, my neck had gone into > > spasm, so I took a Valium. > > Today, there’s just a hint of the pain left, and my eyes are a bit > > blurrier than usual.  Feeling pretty exhausted and "out of it" still. > > This has been repeated many times during the past few years, and I don’t > > know what it is. > > Carmel > > Lynne_Da…@bearmail.baylor.edu wrote: > > > Hi, Sharon. > > > Your pain could be caused from either the sinus infection or ON, — but > > > I would have it checked out, because treatment would be different > > > depending upon what was causing it. > > > That brings to mind something that happened recently to Kelli, (my > > > daughter,) who is prone to ON when she has an exacerbation. > > > She had pain in her right eye, which is usually indicative of ON for > > > her, and some problems with focus adjustment from near to far.  She > > > assumed that this was another adventure with ON.  This was late on a > > > Friday, and over the weekend she developed a really sore throat and some > > > accompanying sinus "stuff".  She went to the hospital, (she is an RN,) > > > and discovered she had strep and got treatment. > > > Her neuro told her on Monday that the eye problems would probably go > > > away when the strep was gone, and sure enough they did. > > > Remember that everything that happens to your body isn’t caused by the > > > MS, so you have to be careful not to overlook another very real problem > > > by assuming it is MS-related. > > > Good luck. ‘Hope you feel better really soon.  I enjoyed your intro. > > >  – Lynne > > > In article <jQEI5.3131$iY1.68…@sodalite.nbnet.nb.ca>, > > >   "shajon" <sha…@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: > > > > Hi to all…I have a ? > > > > I have had a sinus infection for over a month. Also, for the last 3 > > > days my > > > > left eye > > > > has been aching and is painful to touch. > > > > Could this be from the sinus infection (which is on the same side) or > > > could > > > > it > > > > be Optic Neuritis? I do not have any blurring or vision loss. Should I > > > > be going back to the Doc.? > > > > Thanks and I hope everyone is having a great weekend. It is sunny but > > > > windy and cool here in New Brunswick, Canada. > > > > Sharon > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > > Before you buy. > > — > > " Don’t wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel. > >   Stride down there and light the bloody thing yourself." > > web sites at: > > http://connect.to/carmel > > http://welcome.to/jaragun.ginger

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> Also, for the last 3 days my >left eye >has been aching and is painful to touch. >Could this be from the sinus infection (which is on the same side) or could >it >be Optic Neuritis?

For me the key to ON pain was that when I MOVED my eyeball side to side as if to look at something the eyeball itself hurt.  Not the lids or the "orbit" (socket) as the eye docs are prone to call it. It was extremely painful with an excruciating headache as well.  They treated me for a sinus infection for two weeks before they sent me to an neuro-opthomologist. Have you had any decrease in the brightness of your vision? Every day I woke up and things looked like someone was turning the dimmer switch down!  Try looking at a very white object with your unaffected eye and then look at it with the other?  Did it turn a dirty white?  Are you sensitive to light?  I had to wear sun glasses in the house!  Do you find you are having a hard time reading?  Are the words jumping around on the page or do you miss the words on your affected side?  I would mistake the number 11 for 1 for example. Good luck!  First dose of solumedrol killed the pain! Diane W. Orlando "Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today." – James Dean

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Hi to all…I have a ? I have had a sinus infection for over a month. Also, for the last 3 days my left eye has been aching and is painful to touch. Could this be from the sinus infection (which is on the same side) or could it be Optic Neuritis? I do not have any blurring or vision loss. Should I be going back to the Doc.? Thanks and I hope everyone is having a great weekend. It is sunny but windy and cool here in New Brunswick, Canada. Sharon

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Hi, Sharon. Your pain could be caused from either the sinus infection or ON, — but I would have it checked out, because treatment would be different depending upon what was causing it. That brings to mind something that happened recently to Kelli, (my daughter,) who is prone to ON when she has an exacerbation. She had pain in her right eye, which is usually indicative of ON for her, and some problems with focus adjustment from near to far.  She assumed that this was another adventure with ON.  This was late on a Friday, and over the weekend she developed a really sore throat and some accompanying sinus "stuff".  She went to the hospital, (she is an RN,) and discovered she had strep and got treatment. Her neuro told her on Monday that the eye problems would probably go away when the strep was gone, and sure enough they did. Remember that everything that happens to your body isn’t caused by the MS, so you have to be careful not to overlook another very real problem by assuming it is MS-related. Good luck. ‘Hope you feel better really soon.  I enjoyed your intro.  – Lynne In article <jQEI5.3131$iY1.68…@sodalite.nbnet.nb.ca>,   "shajon" <sha…@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi to all…I have a ? > I have had a sinus infection for over a month. Also, for the last 3 days my > left eye > has been aching and is painful to touch. > Could this be from the sinus infection (which is on the same side) or could > it > be Optic Neuritis? I do not have any blurring or vision loss. Should I > be going back to the Doc.? > Thanks and I hope everyone is having a great weekend. It is sunny but > windy and cool here in New Brunswick, Canada. > Sharon

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