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11/8/2020 5:22am
11/8/2020 5:22am
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11/9/2020 4:29pm
Ever since I stopped consistently riding when I go back to the track, around lap 2 or 3 I get blurry vision and objects are not crystal clear. I wear contacts, but have since I was a kid, and never had a problem. I dont know if it's mentally tired on lap 2, blood flow, or something else. Ever had this happen?
I thought I was going blind...turns out all the glands in my eyelids (that's where the lube for your eyeballs is produced) were clogged. It's taken about three years to get things flowing again. Dry eyes is a symptom. Just my .02.
Does it only happen when you ride?
Could be low blood sugar or low blood pressure. Are you diabetic? Might want to get checked.
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One thing my eye doctor had me do for a similar off-the-bike issue years ago (dry eyes, scratchy feeling) was to take Johnson’s baby shampoo and rub my eyelids (right at the root of the eyelashes) with it in the shower every morning, then rinse. It helped a ton.
Other issues:
-Older contacts
-contacts in too long prior to riding (I started wearing my glasses on those early start days driving to the track, then switch to contacts)
-eye drops prior to each time on the bike
-making sure I blink (it’s easy in MX to tighten up so much that you almost forget to blink and/or breathe naturally, and this gets worse after a long time off the bike).
Also, in my recent eye exams, the Dr. let me try some different lenses to get a good fit and some were MUCH more comfortable than others. See if you can test some.
Interesting!! Is the idea that crud gets held in the lashes?
There was much more to the explanation, but as they say...
“The first three things to go with age are sight, hearing, and I can’t remember the other one...” lol
But I have naturally watery eyes. Over active tear ducts maybe? I notice like breathing, I tend to get caught up in the riding and “forgo/forget” blinking. The excess water glosses over my vision.
Blood pressure and a number of things could effect your eyes during physical stress.
Went to the doctor and was Diagnosed with genetic hypertension ( high blood pressure).
I take a pill every day since then and no problems.
Prilosec?
Here’s a list of PPI’s.
omeprazole (Prilosec, Prilosec OTC, Zegerid)
lansoprazole (Prevacid)
pantoprazole (Protonix)
rabeprazole (Aciphex)
esomeprazole (Nexium)
dexlansoprazole (Dexilant
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