07.09.2018 | answered by Ellen Lung
Last week I was at the eye clinic in Austria because I had burned my eyes with laundry detergent. In the meantime, I have been to the eye doctor twice. Today I was at my eye doctor and received something for eyelid care. While showering today, 3 eyel...
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27.03.2017 | answered by Nadja Struß
Hello,
I have been suffering from type 1 diabetes for 38 years. I have had recurrent hemorrhages from the old vessels that then go into the vitreous body and reduce my vision to as low as 0.2%. I am 40 years old and want to postpone the surgery for a...
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18.01.2016 | answered by Frauke Gehring
Hello dear medical team, let me introduce myself briefly: I am a 46-year-old woman, a smoker for 30 years (had a preventive smoking CT scan last year, everything was fine), I am 1.68 cm tall and weigh 70 kg. I don't do much exercise, I jog about twic...
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24.07.2013 | answered by Ralf Berg
Dear Dr. Berg,
I had previously asked you a question on December 25th, 2011 under the above title, regarding an incident where I (49) got hit in the eye with a snowball about 26 years ago.
I have a second question regarding this snowball incident: ...
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12.05.2013 | answered by Frauke Gehring
Hello,
last night I was lying in bed, so it was dark in the room, then I got up again after about ten minutes and turned on the light. Then, with every blink of my eyes, I saw flashes or flickering before my eyes. I had to blink at least 10 to 20 tim...
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01.05.2013 | answered by Christian Welsch
At first, I could hardly see anything in my eye, as if I had a big spot on the lens, but it was brown so I could vaguely perceive the surroundings. It has improved a bit since then, although I still see blurry (the spot is still there, and blurry at ...
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04.10.2012 | answered by Michael Schröter
Good morning,
I suffered from depression and anxiety for years, but I was able to manage it well. I exercised and went out a lot. I was able to drive alone again and take the train.
Recently, I have to take Latanoprost comp because of high intraoc...
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30.06.2012 | answered by Michael Schröter
At the age of 12, my daughter (now 23 years old) was diagnosed with a large retinal detachment (8:00-2:00). The cause was attributed to an accident. From a medical perspective, it was suspected that the retinal detachment must have been caused by som...
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23.02.2012 | answered by Ralf Berg
I have been experiencing severe pain in my left calf for days, only when walking! It feels like a tendon is about to tear soon.
I am 68 years old, currently in Spain until May.
My medications:
Tamsulosin continuously
Currently taking Colchicine, as A...
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15.02.2012 | answered by Ralf Berg
Dear expert,
During a retina examination, an ophthalmologist found that my retina was "degenerated". He mentioned small holes in it and suggested that it should be lasered in the near future, as the small holes could otherwise enlarge.
I have sough...
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25.12.2011 | answered by Ralf Berg
I have two questions:
25 years ago, I got hit in the eye with a snowball. At the time, I didn't go to the eye doctor because I didn't think the injury was too serious in my early 20s. Recently, during a routine check-up five weeks ago, a 3D scan of m...
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30.09.2011 | answered by Ralf Berg
Hello, during a surgery for a retinal tear with beginning detachment, the diagnosis of "sclerastaphyloma of the entire upper hemisphere" was also noted. I read that it has something to do with the sclera in the eye. I (female, 43 years old, nearsight...
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