Left Eye Drooping, Pain, Migraine, Headache
UPDATE – 30/11/2011
Since I posted this entry in January 2011 my eye lid has not improved and every time I bring it up at the doctors they just refer me to a neurologist because GP’s don’t know much about the condition known as ptosis (droopy eye lid). Just today I found out why it’s drooping. For the past two weeks my left eye’s vision has gotten worse (I have always had astigmatism in my left eye which is a vision impairment) so I finally decided to have an eye test. When I saw the optometrist I brought up the fact that besides blurriness in my left eye, my eye lid is also drooping (along with the other symptoms identified in the original post below). Her diagnosis was that because I haven’t been wearing my glasses enough, I put so much strain on my left eye that it weakens the nerves in my eye lid, causing it to droop. I have no doubt she was right because I find that when I do wear my glasses, my left eye doesn’t droop as much but I wasn’t 100% sure. And the reason why I never wore my glasses was because it was never a serious issue until recently. So now I’m going to start wearing my glasses more often (even when I’m not reading) and see if the drooping goes away. I will update this post in another month!
Original Post – 20/01/2011
I’ve been having a massive headache for the past three days along with other symptoms such as my left eye drooping and having sharp pains around that area, general eye strains and migraines. The symptoms have gone now (after four days) but I wanted to share my experience as I found it really hard to find any useful information on the internet that matched my symptoms. Read more…
