Concussion and light sensitivity
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I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced severe light sensitivity this long after a concussion and what their diagnosis was or what they did to stop it.
Vomiting/nausea, light sensitivity, sensitivity to noise, confusion/altered mental state, headache, fatigue.... All are concussion symptoms. If he was hit twice he needs to see a Dr.
Symptoms are variable including dizziness, fatigue, irritability, anxiety, insomnia, loss of concentration and memory, light and noise sensitivity, headache varying from a tension type to cluster headaches. You need to consult a neurologist immediately. no single test can prove the syndrome and the doctor may ask for a MRI scan to detect brain abnormalities, ear pathologies need to be ruled out since a lot of dizziness is there and psychiatrist to rule out anxiety and depression.
my name is gaurav and iam 16 years old about a month ago I,met an bike accident and i got mild head injury on my head had vomiting and was unable to remember what happened just before and after my accident then next day when i woke up my vision was blurred and there was ringing in my ears and i was unable to watch television and was sensitive to light and loud noise I thought that it was due to my head and kept on fighting with my symptoms watched television gone to school for about 10 days the
That is why I am feeling it is not "dry eyes" like they say it is. Because my eyes were the most effected from the fall wtih the eye tremors and light sensitivity. I couldn't watch tv, or look at computer for weeks because my eyes would literally begin to tremor. The night I hit my head my eyes formed a crust. And eveyr night since.
I am a speech path..I have worked with TBI's many times (now I know! for sure how to NOT treat them!
I have major sleep problems, dizziness,nausea,fatigue,bad balance,headaches,memory problems,no sense of smell, sensitivity to light and noise, very poor concentration. Everything is a huge effort. I try pushing myself but that only has made me so frusturated I turn into a monster! I'm looking for some advice from someone who has gone through this. Do i really have to go through this for another 6 months?
I'm an 18 year old female.
7 months ago I was hit in the forehead area with a soccer ball while attempting a 'header' during training. As I was standing a meter away from the girl who lightly underarmed the ball, the impact wasn't very hard. I did however feel slightly dizzy after the hit, but nothing to knock me on my feet or prevent me from continuing training.
m 40, F, in good health, and this week, out of the blue, I have two severe headaches that are blindingly painful with extreme light sensitivity. Light is blurring my vision. No history of headaches other than tension headaches which are about 1/10th as painful as these, and they are truly infrequent. One came on after taking a very short (1/2 mile) hike. Both have put me in a dark room, wincing in pain, for days. The pain is just exploding.
Migraines usually present with one-sided throbbing headaches associated with nausea, vomiting, or sensitivity to light and sound. Rest, avoidance of triggers and pain medications prescribed by your doctor may help provide relief. A headache journal will help identify the triggers that you could avoid. You would benefit from a complete neurological examination by your doctor and imaging studies of your brain to rule out organic causes.
4 days later I went to see a doctor as I still had symptoms and they were actually getting worse (headache, pressure in head, neck ache, mental fog, light/sound sensitivity, and nausea) and was told I had suffered my first concussion and whiplash.
Today, (day 5), I woke up with the sensation that my right ear was wet inside, and my right eye was bloodshot on the medial half with fluid in the corner. It wasn't steaming; just pooled there.
Hi I have a problem with fluorescents and the issue is the type of light with the frequency and wave length. My problem is it gives me axentiy and makes my mind and whole body stress out I also lose train of thought and I can't think under them them. I been to Irene. And that didn't help plus I didn't want to have my world in colour. I did find a pair of sunglasses that works tho but to be honest everyone just makes you feel weird in the office wearing them.
I'm 26 years and my problem is light sensitivity. My eyes are burning when I try to watch TV, computer or when is strong sunlight. In 2004 I had a lasik surgery for medium myopia and before that I had contact lenses. Now I wear glasses for small myopia and astigmatism. I had this problem before the lasik surgery but it was rarely, after the lasik it became permanent. I've seen many doctors and the only cause they could find was dry eye.
Out of curiosity, what can cause this sensitivity to light? A year ago, brightness of the computer and such did not bother me at all (did not even notice how bright the computer was at factory settings and my laptop was set at max brightness). Now I have to use my computer and phone at lowest settings.
I'm fifteen right now if that makes a difference.
My eyes have always been sensitive to the light, but the sensitivity seems to be increasing. This is with the heat sensitivity is really disappointing since I really do love summer. I have so much work to do in the yard but I seem to try to get it done very early in the morning or later in the evening when it is almost dark. It is getting harder and harder to be outside in bright sunlight and even certain types of indoor lights are starting to bother me.
I have been dealing with light sensitivity and dry eyes since July 2013. I went to a corneal specialists who put plugs in both eyes, upper and lower ducts, which has helped with the dry eyes to some degree. However, the light sensitivity has been an ongoing problem. The corneal specialist I saw said there was nothing else he could do for me to help with the light sensitivity.
If you're getting more and more sensitive to light, you may/probably have something going on...
I have been having this strange symptom for about 3 weeks now & it's driving me nuts! I went to the eye doctor and the GP, both who told me I checked out fine. Bloodwork was run & the whole 9 yards. I'm 22 years old, for the record & in very good shape.
Basically what I'm experiencing are some issues that seem to be related to light sensitivity.
after 1 month my light sensitivity is still very bad. eye color has changed from dark brown to blue around the edges of the iris. I see the change, my friends see the change in color , but my surgeon says they are the same.
There are gradations of concussion, and after the fact there is no way to compare and contrast the etiology. Just because a person has a "concussion" it does not mean they will develop seizures.
I was diagnosed with post concussion disorder and i have constant migranes, memory losss, sensitivity to light and sount, nausea, and dizzyness, and i just recently have begun to have auditory hallucinations. Ive been seeing a neurologist but so far nothing is working for any of my symptoms, can anybody please recommend anything?
Since that accident, I have had severe eye issues including pain behind my left eye, headaches that leave me irritable everyday, sensitivity to light, occasional blurred vision and spots. I had gone to my Opthalmolgists who diagnosed me with Optic-neuritis. However, over the past week, I have gone to another Eye specialist-Neuro-opthalmologist who said it was NOT optic-neuritis and could not define what it was I had. I then went back to my primary care doctor who referred me to a Neurologist.
This topic has not been researched extensively. There is a dearth of evidence that shows how and why concussion can produce hyperosmia.
How is his/her sleep now? Have you got any diagnosis for them?
For the past six months I have been unable to wear contact lenses due to a dull pain that causes light sensitivity only when I have contacts in. In addition, two days ago I got a horrible pain in my left tricep. It was sudden & continued for several seconds, causing me to drop what was in my hand. I haven't been doing any physical activity (other than walking around campus). Yesterday I was walking down the stairs at home and completely fell out of no where.
My concussion occurred 37 days ago when I slipped and fell backwards hitting the back of my head on a turf surface. In terms of the concussion recovery, I've been working with a concussion therapist to employ the practices of slowly getting back into activities without provoking symptoms. Unfortunately, I haven't seen much progress and may even have my symptoms come on earlier. I believe that this is related to sleep and neck issues that began about 18-20 days into the recovery.
I believe that I was concussed because the 2 weeks after the event are very, very fuzzy (I barely remember those weeks), and I had extreme headaches, vision issues, cognitive issues, sensitivity to light and even greater sensitivity to sound. I SHUTTERED at every firework explosion during July 4th.
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