My right eye droops a little - more so when I am tired and my eye doctor is concerned. Also, my glaucoma test was 23 and he is sending me for more tests, I am 48. Are these two things related? What is up with the eyelid drooping, it has been like this for about a year or so.
2007-01-10 01:57:29 · 6 answers · asked by Debbie P 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
The drooping of your lid, more so when tired is called ptosis. It is unrelated to glaucoma. Your eye doctor will determine the cause.
The pressure of fluid of your eyes will be re-measured as they vary throughout the day. You will have a visual field test to check for blind spots that shouldn't be there.
Some people have ocular hypertension and there pressures are always around the low 20's and it isn't glaucoma. If it is glaucoma, you will probably be prescribed eye drops to lower the pressure.
2007-01-10 23:56:25 · answer #1 · answered by English Optometrist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called ptosis, and can be due to a number of things. It's generally either a problem of weakness of the muscle that raises the eyelid (levator muscle) or the [cranial] nerve pathways controlling the muscles.
Honestly don't know in detail whether they are linked, but if you're diabetic & it's not under proper control, nerve damage is possible. Again, don't know how likely it is that both conditions are linked in your case. Only your doc can tell!
If your doctor is concerned, then definitely follow up; he knows your details and wouldn't be concerned over nothing, especially if it's a relatively recent complaint.
2007-01-10 10:18:18 · answer #2 · answered by Blah? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No the drooping eyelid is only natural. Because our body is not exactly mirror images because it is biologically impossible to be exact with the placement of cells. He crazy, well if your really concern then as Paris Hilton her dang eyes are so not matching.
2007-01-10 10:06:32 · answer #3 · answered by gatorboi19884870 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paralysis of the upper branch of the facial nerve. See if your forehead wrinkles on that side.
2007-01-10 10:34:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.umm.edu/ency/article/003035.htm
2007-01-10 10:05:58 · answer #5 · answered by alicias7768 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A stroke will cause it, and so will bells palsy.
2007-01-10 10:08:14 · answer #6 · answered by hmrdwn95 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋