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Is Redness In Eye Common After Cerebral AVM Followed By Stroke In A Child?
This is pertaining to my now 6 yr old son with a history of a cerebral AVM, which was resected in 2008. My son who was 3 at the time, had a stroke during a brain surgery in 2008, also developed hydrocephalus right after the surgery, and had to have a VP shunt place, and he had quite a few revisions done in the month following the shunt placement. Since then, his right eye randomly turns red. He has no feeling in his right eye, due to the stroke leaving him weaker on his right side, so he has had alot of corneal abrasions as well. It seems there is no pattern, or ryhme or reason with is eye getting red. Is that something common after stroke? Could it have something to do with the shunt? We have been to 2 eye doctors in our area with no answers, I dont know who to see or where to go with this next. Any insight would be deeply appreciated.
Wed, 7 Jun 2017
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I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
As you said he has no sensation in the right eye and has lot of corneal abrasions, this itself is the major cause of eye getting red frequently. Any infection, abrasion in the eye leads to congestion and eyes become red. Ask your ophthalmologist to do a slit-lamp examination of eye for corneal abrasions. Ask to start antibiotics and lubricant eye drops. Ask for glasses to protect eyes from dust. While bathing, keep your eye covered so that soap and water does not directly come in contact with the affected eye.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Khan Shoeb Mohammad Sher Mohammad
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
As you said he has no sensation in the right eye and has lot of corneal abrasions, this itself is the major cause of eye getting red frequently. Any infection, abrasion in the eye leads to congestion and eyes become red. Ask your ophthalmologist to do a slit-lamp examination of eye for corneal abrasions. Ask to start antibiotics and lubricant eye drops. Ask for glasses to protect eyes from dust. While bathing, keep your eye covered so that soap and water does not directly come in contact with the affected eye.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Khan Shoeb Mohammad Sher Mohammad
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