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Cataract surgery?
It is unlikely that an antibiotic or a local steroid eyedrop will raise systemic (body) blood pressure, although steroids can raise eye pressure unassociated with blood pressure. READ MORE
It is unlikely that an antibiotic or a local steroid eyedrop will raise systemic (body) blood pressure, although steroids can raise eye pressure unassociated with blood pressure. NSAIDs are also used but local eyedrops are not concentrated nor potent enough to have a significant effect on systemic blood pressure. Sometimes the dilating drops are short-acting and can have effects on blood pressure but the effects would be negligible and transient because you only have cataract surgery twice in your life.
My mother's eyes seem cloudy in color. Why?
In a diabetic with an external cloudy eye, I presume you are describing the cornea, the clear part of the eye that lies over the colored part of the eye. Two main reason are high READ MORE
In a diabetic with an external cloudy eye, I presume you are describing the cornea, the clear part of the eye that lies over the colored part of the eye. Two main reason are high arcus senilis which can be caused by age or high cholesterol and appears as a cloudy ring around the edge of the cornea. A second and more likely cause is cataract, which would look cloudy when looking into the cornea through the pupil. Less likely causes are growths over the cornea or more involved parenchymal disease of the cornea which would require a detailed examination...
Dr. Raphael Castillo
Dr. Raphael Castillo
What can be the side effect of artificial tear drops?
None, other than initial cloudy vision depending on the thickness of the eyedrops.
Dr. Raphael Castillo
Dr. Raphael Castillo
