Can Breast Implant Surgery Affect Vision?

[Malibu Barbie]

I'm just curious whether it's possible that breast implant surgery (strictly elective) could even remotely affect vision when the patient has had no other prior surgeries, diseases, illnesses, signs or symptoms of any health-related illness, nor any family history of serious illness. Thanks! :)

[Chris Ryser]

I'm just curious whether it's possible that breast implant surgery (strictly elective) could even remotely affect vision ?

With implants you will need glasses for reading and with breast reductiona
you become myope and will need glasses for distance. Ask your doctor !

:D

[Malibu Barbie]

Hahahaha! LMAO, Chris! :D Seriously though, is there any reason why a patient would be questioned by an optical facility about breast implant surgery? I just see no relation as to how it could affect vision, and can't understand why the specifics would even be asked. Can ya help me understand? ;)

[Malibu Barbie]

Ok, so no one else has responded ... should I assume there is absolutely no relation to vision and breast implant surgery? All I want is a yes, no or maybe. And, NO, your response will not be taken as "advice". I just want a response so that I can determine whether this is even an issue. I will obtain the reasons why from my own research. :)

[Fezz]

How about this...ask your DR. This is not a site to give MEDICAL ADVICE. I am sure a well qualified Dr. would be able to answer your concerns.


Fezz
:cheers:

[Jubilee]

The only thing I could think of would be the concerns over the "leakage" of the silicone implants. In the late 80's early 90's there were many reports of leakages of the implants, and autoimmune illnesses resulting from it. Maybe the doctors have seen a number of patients who have been affected by either silicone depositing in the visual pathway, or the effects an autoimmune disorder can have on the eye... they now ask it for routine questioning.

Cassandra

[Malibu Barbie]

Fezz, how about this? Give up the beer cheer and read more carefully. You will see that I am merely asking whether anyone knows if breast implant surgery can even remotely cause vision problems. A layman could even answer this question, so don't just automatically assume things. If I wanted medical advice, I certainly wouldn't have asked this question on the internet, where anyone can pretend to be whatever they want.

The only thing I could think of would be the concerns over the "leakage" of the silicone implants. In the late 80's early 90's there were many reports of leakages of the implants, and autoimmune illnesses resulting from it. Maybe the doctors have seen a number of patients who have been affected by either silicone depositing in the visual pathway, or the effects an autoimmune disorder can have on the eye... they now ask it for routine questioning. Cassandra

THANK YOU, Cassandra! You are the only person who actually read my post and responded in a proper and reasonable manner. You are correct about the silicone implants used in the 80's and early 90's, as I handled class action lawsuits against Dalkon Shield. Can you think of any other reason why a patient could even remotely have any vision impairment from implants that were inserted in the year 2003 with a saline solution? I personally don't see a connection, but just wanted to know whether anyone might disagree with me.

[Framebender]

and he was doing an improv to figure out if they were real or fake?!? I might have done it when I was younger, but they weren't around then. My wife won't let me do it now. She says its rude and she's usually right!
:cheers:

[shellrob]

Is this question for real????? Is it me or are some of the questions on here getting a little bit ridiculous? The poster above is right, ask the surgeon-that's what they get the big bucks for....

[Malibu Barbie]

Is this question for real?????

Yes, this is for real.

Framebender, it was actually a FEMALE who asked the patient these questions, then continued to ask more specifics, and wrote the info. on the patient's chart. After the MALE Optometrist read the chart and saw the patient, he said ... well, I won't go into the specifics.

Back to my yes, no or maybe question - I only want to know whether breast implants (saline, not silicone - thanks for making me realize I failed to mention this earlier, Cassandra) can have any affect at all as to vision impairment. I will research any responses I receive here to form my own conclusion, so don't worry, even if you give me a guess as to your own personal thoughts. I am trying to help this doctor, so I would greatly appreciate an unbiased response. Whether its favorable or not, I will assess the situation. Thanks! :)

[chip anderson]

Of course it can effect vision. Patient will have to hold reading material further away and at a more upward angle. Won't be reading as low in bifocal.

Not to mention if it has the effect the stupid broad that has it done wants (attracts more men) she won't have time for reading.

Chip

[ziggy]

This is just a guess,,,, I dont think that the implants them selfs can cause vision problems. But the surgery could be the issue, small blood clot/ air bubble in the retinal vien, after effects of the anesthesia, pre or post surgery meds, ect,ect,ect. I didnt see in the post ,,how long after the surgery did the vision problems happen??

[Malibu Barbie]

Chip, I'm sorry, but unless you can respond to my specific question, then please refrain from posting unnecessary comments in my thread. Nothing you posted was helpful, and was rather rude. Thank you.

[labbrat]

All joking aside...har har har

Definitely consult an MD...what about a reaction to anesthesia or perhaps a post surgical neurological response? In any case, I would see a doctor

[Malibu Barbie]

This is just a guess,,,, I dont think that the implants them selfs can cause vision problems. But the surgery could be the issue, small blood clot/ air bubble in the retinal vien, after effects of the anesthesia, pre or post surgery meds, ect,ect,ect. I didnt see in the post ,,how long after the surgery did the vision problems happen??

That's the thing, Paul. I didn't really want to go into the details, but I see now that I've confused some of you with my question. The patient has absolutely no prior illnesses or any medical problems, other than a previous vision problem. The breast implant surgery was performed 3 years ago and didn't cause ANY changes to her vision whatsoever. What I'm basically trying to figure out is whether the doctor or his staff has a justifiable reason to ask the specifics of a non-eye-related surgery, and include that in the patient's chart, regardless of whether it's relevant. Yes, the doctor did make some inappropriate comments after reading the patient's chart which were breast-related, so I am now trying to reduce the damages ...

That's why I originally only asked for a no, yes or maybe response as to whether it's possible that breast implants can affect vision - to help me determine to what extent I should further research this issue and whether it's a common practice to ask a patient the specifics about breast surgery.

[shellrob]

I would think that they would only need to ask whether the patient had any complications during or after any surgeries and if so, what they were. Along with any medications taken. After that, that's all they should need to know in regards to that specific surgery.

[labbrat]

Woe...I think I saw this epicode of the Practice recently.....

[Malibu Barbie]

Thank you, ShellRob! :) That's exactly the feedback I asked for! Does anyone else have a comment on this subject which might also help me with my additional research?

[Malibu Barbie]

Woe...I think I saw this epicode of the Practice recently.....

It's spelled "episode". Please don't try to up your post count in my thread. I'm already frustrated with some of the unneccessary comments posted which didn't help me at all, and only took up band width, so please don't add to it. Thank you.

[Ory]

A search of Pubmed found only this:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...=pubmed_docsum

Basically saying a common side effect of silicone implants is tunnel vision.

No hits otherwise, although it is well established that breast cancer can metastasize to the eye. Also, some meds used to treat breast cancer can cause ocular toxicity.

Doubt any of this helps however. Good luck.

[Ory]

It's spelled "episode". Please don't try to up your post count in my thread. I'm already frustrated with some of the unneccessary comments posted which didn't help me at all, and only took up band width, so please don't add to it. Thank you.

Relax. You're on a public forum and we can all say whatever we want. You didn't seem to have trouble criticizing us about not wanting to give out "medical advice" earlier (http://www.optiboard.com/forums/show...519#post146519 ). Now you get annoyed with someone trying to make a joke.

Wherever you go on this board you'll see comments that don't need to be added, but usually make a few people chuckle. If they weren't there I wonder how successful this board would be.

[ziggy]

The breast implant surgery was performed 3 years ago and didn't cause ANY changes to her vision whatsoever.

This sums it up. Like shell rob said, other than ask if there were any "vision" related complications..... the doc never asks me about my vasectomey(sp).... now I'm just hurt let us know how things come out

[Malibu Barbie]

This sums it up. Like shell rob said, other than ask if there were any "vision" related complications..... the doc never asks me about my vasectomey(sp).... now I'm just hurt let us know how things come out

If you will read my posts above, you will see that the patient's breast surgery had NOTHING to do with her PREVIOUS or CURRENT vision impairment. I'm sorry, but I just don't get the point of your post or how it might help answer my question.

[ziggy]

If you will read my posts above, you will see that the patient's breast surgery had NOTHING to do with her PREVIOUS or CURRENT vision impairment. I'm sorry, but I just don't get the point of your post or how it might help answer my question.

If you know the answer to your question, then why would you want to hear anything from us? Q: Does the above mention surgery have any thing to do with any visual problems. A: Maybe. Q:Is there any reason to bring up the surgery 3 years after it was performed. A:Maybe, If this is the first eye exam(with this particular doc) after the surgery was preformed, then yes.

It sounds like your client/friend is looking for a windfall from some sexual harrasment charge. Tell her I said "go get a job" If she didnt want people to notice/commit on her boobs then she should have left the alone.

Hope this helps if not,,tough S@!T

[OptiJim]

Barbie,


The answer to your question is: No one knows for sure what the long term effects of any procedure will be with any particular patient. That is why drug labels say "common side affects"......

If the doc or any office staff made inappropriate comments regarding the paitient, then any "opinions" given on this forum would not be useable in any sort of harrasment case due to the inability to establish credibility on a public forum.

If the patient states any past surgeries on their medical history, I would think the doc should inquire as to whether the patient believes that there is some correlation between the current ailment and the past procedure.

Now, once that conversation is completed, if the comment of "they did a nice job" or any other non-medical question or comment is made then my opinion would be that that is then inappropriate.

Just my opinion.