Hi,
Welcome to the group. Things are sure lively now!
Since no one is sure what causes Adie's, we can't rule out the shingles
theory.
However, since shingles is fairly common, you would think more people would
be turning up with Adie's.
I had chicken pox when young, never shingles. I'm one of those healthy
as a horse type people EXCEPT for a couple of exceptional things that have
happened to me.
I have two children who are RH positive. Big deal u say. However I'm RH
negative. Even though I received Rhogam shots to prevent RH Disease, my
second child was attacked by my super immune system that already produced
anitbodies regardless of the shots I received.Everything turned out OK after
11 amniocentesis tests, one in utero transfusion, and one post delivery
transfusion.
In 1987, we survived a car accident, I had closed head trama and can't
remenber most of it. Then in 1992, I woke up, looked in the mirror and
ta-dah one pupil was larger than the other. They do not think the accident
was a cause due to the time gap.
Margo
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From: sgerard029 <sgerard029@...>
To: <adie_syndrome@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 12:06 AM
Subject: [adie_syndrome] (unknown)


> Hi to all!
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> I was diagnosed with Adie's pupil about 10 or so years ago. I'm a 45
> year old female from Woburn, MA and to be truthful, I never thought
> much about it until I read some e-mails on this site. I always
> thought it was amusing that whenever I went for an eye appointment,
> everyone wanted to check me out. I went for my regular eye
> appointment the other day and only because they sent in so many
> people in to look at my pupil's did I think I should see what I could
> find out about this. I was originally told that I must have had a
> virus at some point (they believe when I was in my late 20's, early
> 30's) that caused me to have Adie's Syndrome, but don't worry about
> it, it really wasn't anything. I read with interest the "sweating
> patterns" that some of you have - I have been sweating profusely for
> quite awhile and always attributed it to hot flashes (I've been
> diagnosed with early menopausal symptoms)! When my reflexes have
> been tested, my knee on the right side doesn't react as well as to
> the left side. Again, I didn't think much about it because the
> doctor's weren't concerned. Now I find I'm in this elite group!
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> My eyesight is awful - I've just been told that I need trifocals,
> which I'm not too thrilled about. It was bad enough that I couldn't
> read without bifocals or see beyond 1 foot without glasses, but now
> I've been having terrible problems working on the computer and
> evidently that is a different level of seeing. I have suffered from
> migraines for years - which I have been told wasnt' associated with
> Adie's pupil, but after reading some of your e-mails, I think is
> definetly related. I would appreciate any information you can share
> or direct me to. I can be reached at sgerard029@.... Thanks!!!
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