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July 3, 2005
Thygeson's Disease
I have been having intermittent eye problems over the past month or so and went back to my eye doctor, who is just amazing. My left eye has been blurry and uncomfortable, rather like a chlorine sting. She diagnosed me with something called Thygeson's Disease which, fortunately, is more irritating than threatening to my vision. I did some reading and, while it's not terribly common, it doesn't seem to have any long-term effects, though they say that it can recur over a year or more.
Doctors think it's caused by a virus, since it attracts white blood cells to the eye but doesn't respond to antibiotics (hence, it's not bacterial). I'm using Restasis for a week to see if that helps; otherwise I might have to use a steroid in the eye. Not a cure, but it alleviates the symptoms.
Here's some info I found:
Posted by Lee Clontz at July 3, 2005 11:49 PM