I had an interesting patient that I have been working with over the last couple of months. The patient was a male in his 20s. He noticed a sudden blurring of his right eye. I was unable to correct it with glasses or contacts. I looked in the eye and I could see the central part of the back of the eye was abnormal (maculopathy). I immediately had him referred to a retinal specialist. There is an eye condition which does affect young males who are under stress this way.

Fortunately, I just saw the patient yesterday. His best corrected vision with glasses was 20/20 in the affected eye. The condition as followed by the retinal specialist resolved on its own. In other words no surgery or medication was administered. I did note that there was residual scarring of the macula. This did not seem to affect the patient's vision significantly.