CPAP & Eye Vitreous Detachment, Related?

Sadly, I'll be posting to my own thread about my CPAP journey, and yes, I am really worried that my vitreous detachment is related to my CPAP. I have another appointment with a retinal specialist, but they want me to go to even more of a retinal specialist, which I probably will do. Note I've changed masks and had the fit checked multiple times.
Best of luck to improvement of symptoms.

I have less floaters now that I have been using XPAP for 12 years, don't have any detachment ever since I stopped banging my head on my XPAP Machine, I do have eye problems from diabetes. If I control my sugar eyes get better, my eyesight changes about 4 times a day, I live with it.... So if you see me out with a seeing eye dog, be sure he will lead me home to me XPAP machine, if you are dead it effects your eye sight. Jim

destardi wrote:I don't care how certified a 'doctor' is....Higher intraocular pressure IS proven after CPAP usage.

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I am a fairly younger male and have been seeing an increase in eye floaters...my ophthalmologist said that people who use CPAP should see an eye doctor 2 times a year, not one.

I occasionally use Nasacort to keep my nostrils open. This is something I wouldn't need to do w/o CPAP. One of the possible side effects IIRC is higher intraocular pressure. I wonder how much of the "proven" increase is due to such accompanying medications?

And thanks for the comment on eye doctors. I re-started CPAP about 5 months ago and so I should go see one. I'm assuming that CPAP will cause a prescription change, and so have been waiting for things to stabilize. But I should probably go sooner rather than later.

Goofproof wrote:I have less floaters now that I have been using XPAP for 12 years, don't have any detachment ever since I stopped banging my head on my XPAP Machine, I do have eye problems from diabetes. If I control my sugar eyes get better, my eyesight changes about 4 times a day, I live with it.... So if you see me out with a seeing eye dog, be sure he will lead me home to me XPAP machine, if you are dead it effects your eye sight. Jim

I had bouts of fuzzy vision about a year ago--most often when my blood sugar was shitty.
Since then, I have added mealtime insulin, 4x a day testing, and low carb diet--
I usually have tight glucose control, and always clear eyesight.

I was diagnosed with vitreous detachment after a year or so of using CPAP. The oothamalogist said I was younger than normal to have this eye problem. I started wondering if it was related to CPAP, particularly not using humidification, since the lacrimal duct is connected to the nose. I wonder if someone will do a research study and find out if there is a higher incidence of this in CPAP users and if there is a correlation to use of hunidufication. It’s concerning.

Nursekja wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 19, 2018 9:00 am

I was diagnosed with vitreous detachment after a year or so of using CPAP. The oothamalogist said I was younger than normal to have this eye problem. I started wondering if it was related to CPAP, particularly not using humidification, since the lacrimal duct is connected to the nose. I wonder if someone will do a research study and find out if there is a higher incidence of this in CPAP users and if there is a correlation to use of hunidufication. It’s concerning.

Everybody is different--age is not the only condion to affect detatchment.
Not all ophthalmologists have the same certification.
Your current dr should refer you to a specialist for any matter that is not in his wheelhouse.
I found this out when my ophthalmologist retired, and his office mate had to refer me to a
"top gun" in glaucoma diagnosis and treatment.
I would encourage you to at least try humidification.
It is essential to my comfort.

Nursekja wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 19, 2018 9:00 am

I was diagnosed with vitreous detachment after a year or so of using CPAP. The oothamalogist said I was younger than normal to have this eye problem. I started wondering if it was related to CPAP, particularly not using humidification, since the lacrimal duct is connected to the nose. I wonder if someone will do a research study and find out if there is a higher incidence of this in CPAP users and if there is a correlation to use of hunidufication. It’s concerning.

If you have had a vitreous detachment at a young age AND you have high eye pressure, you should be seeing a neuro opthamologist. Your ophthalmologist should be able to refer you. I ran into the vitreous detachment before using a cpap and have used it since. Dry eye is the only eye problem I get from cpap, and that is a solveable problem.

I am currently battling with a retinal detachment. Totally sucks.

But CPAP and that don't seem to be related.