Cataracts Treatment

Question by First of the Gang to Die: Difficulty seeing in one eye with pressure behind it, cold-like symptoms, body aches, loss of appetite, etc..?
My girlfriend started feeling ill today during school around noon. She’s at college – a 19 year old sophomore. She told me that, in order, she developed a runny nose and a sore throat. Her body then began to ache and she became tired and went to bed for a nap sometime in the afternoon. She woke up with a headache, feeling unrested, and, despite a loss of appetite, forced herself to eat some soup and orange juice. She went to bed still with a headache and all her muscle pains, and woke up again some time later with blurred, fuzzy vision in just her right eye. She is able to see out of it if a light is on, but instead of a big dark blur she sees a big light blur. She has told me her vision out of this eye is about a 6 on the 1-10 scale with 1 = total blindness and 10 = perfect vision. Her eye seems puffy or swollen and there is pain behind it, like pressure. Her left eye is completely fine – no pain or impairment. She believes the lymph nodes in her neck may be swollen. She claims that her muscle/body aches are the most intense symptom at the moment.

I have googled around for answers and, given the common nature of her symptoms, have landed between either a sinus infection or chronic fatigue syndrome, as she has been an insomniac for years and has been under a lot of stress with college starting back up last week. What else might it be? I mean what is most likely? Everything happened over the course of one day. She goes to a state school in Massachusetts. I’m not sure what else it could be. I don’t think it’s mononucleosis or swine flu, I just hope it’s not something serious like glaucoma or cataracts, although given that her eye problems came along only with these flu-like symptoms, I like to think anything that severe has been ruled out. Anyone else have an idea?

Best answer:

Answer by Heather
It sounds like she has a flu- headache, body aches, puffy eyes

also you might be right and it might be a sinus infection. She should go to a doctor and have her sinus passages checked out to see if they are swollen and then they could determine that and get her put on a antibiotic for the right diagnosis.

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!

Question by gerbera: I need cataract surgery in one eye and pressure possible glaucoma. Should I have cataracts removed first?

Best answer:

Answer by patriot_f16
One of the post cataract surgery complication is glaucoma. You need to know the type of cataract surgery that you are going to have (phaco or complete removal of the lens). And try to look for the best ophthalmologist around to have least complication

Add your own answer in the comments!