A 44-year-old male patient, who was admitted to the emergency room in Puzi, Taiwan, was diagnosed with eye muscle paralysis and ischemic optic neuropathy (vision loss due to optic nerve damage) in his left eye. Daily Mail edition reportsIt most likely occurred as a result of sleeping face down while drunk.
The 44-year-old patient was admitted to Taiwan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital with complaints of pain and vision loss in his left eye. He reported that he took medication for insomnia and drank a large amount of alcohol the previous day, after which he lost consciousness for 3 hours. After waking up, the man realized that he had lost the vision in his left eye.
Doctors were able to determine that the patient had fallen asleep in a position that put prolonged pressure on the injured eye. In this regard, paralysis of the eye muscles occurred and proptosis began – the eyeball began to fall out of orbit. Detailed examination revealed hemorrhagic edema in the conjunctiva and retina. Intraocular pressure remained normal.
A team of doctors discovered that pressure applied to the eye causes blood vessels located just beneath the clear surface of the eye to rupture. The result of prolonged compression of the orbit was ischemic optic neuropathy – loss of vision due to damage to the optic nerve due to insufficient blood flow.
It is known that the patient was treated with high doses of systemic glucocorticoids to restore his vision. However, the vision of the left eye was not restored.
It is stated that this condition is rarely seen in humans. Among doctors, this is called “Saturday night retinopathy”, which indicates that the risk of getting such injuries increases when drunk.
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