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JD528
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 Posted: 05/17/06 - 22:24 Post subject: Vision problems and Heart plapitations after eating |
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| I am a 31 year old male and have recently noticed an increase in Heart palpitations shortly after eating meals. I dismissed these symptoms but they have become more and more frequent especially after eating meals high in sweets. Sometime the palpitations occur almost immediately after swallowing foods, especially those high in sugar. I have now experienced vision problems after eating to go along with the palpitations. Are these symptoms of a digestive problem, high or low sugar levels or worse yet a pre cursor to Diabetes? |
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Jannie
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| Posted: 05/23/06 - 12:53 Post subject: |
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I had the same problem two years ago and I was so afraid that I got GERD just like my husband did. However, he didn’t have any heart palpitations but I did. (I had no blurry vision though).
You didn’t say if you went to see a doctor about the matter. You may have heart problems in the first place.
I had all sorts of tests and checking and wasn’t found anything to be the matter but when I said to my doc that I immediately make coffee and smoke after my meals, he advised me to stop with the habit at once.
He said that excessive smoking and caffeine are common reasons for causing heart palpitations and that I should cut down if not quit and avoid having coffee and smoking directly after meals.
He also advised me to eat smaller meals, more often if necessary and to avoid alcohol as well.
I went through GERD symptoms with my husband and it said that heart palpitations are not a direct GERD symptom meaning it could occur but as a consequence of chest pain and anxiety followed by it.
I still think you should see a doctor. |
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thinsoldier
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| Posted: 06/06/06 - 14:23 Post subject: eye pain |
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for the last year or so I've noticed that after eating sweets like chocolate bars, ice cream or cookies from Subway that my eyes seem to hurt. Sometimes to the point where, i'd guess I'd have to say I can barely see.... sort of.
I feel compelleted to close my eyes and squint very hard or rub my eyes and have decreased speed when it comes from quickly shifting focus back and forth between 2 objects.
I'm 24 years old. Very slim. I exercise but don't usually do anything cardiovascular.
I've spen the last 6 months avoiding sweets and treats but the result is that now even the smallest bit of sugary food causes eye pain.
Should I get checked for diabetes or something else, could it be an eye problem and I need to see an optometrist? |
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lisa34
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| Posted: 11/02/06 - 13:47 Post subject: Re: eye pain after eating |
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Have you found out anything since you wrote this post?
I have the exact same symptoms! I've stopped drinking caffeine and coke a month ago, but now, any drop of sugar will make my eyes really hurt, especially towards the back and I get dizzy and nautious and the only thing I can do is lie down & close my eyes.
| thinsoldier wrote: | for the last year or so I've noticed that after eating sweets like chocolate bars, ice cream or cookies from Subway that my eyes seem to hurt. Sometimes to the point where, i'd guess I'd have to say I can barely see.... sort of.
I feel compelleted to close my eyes and squint very hard or rub my eyes and have decreased speed when it comes from quickly shifting focus back and forth between 2 objects.
I'm 24 years old. Very slim. I exercise but don't usually do anything cardiovascular.
I've spen the last 6 months avoiding sweets and treats but the result is that now even the smallest bit of sugary food causes eye pain.
Should I get checked for diabetes or something else, could it be an eye problem and I need to see an optometrist? |
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| Posted: 01/15/07 - 19:44 Post subject: i get dizzy when I eat |
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| I'm having the same problem...... |
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thinsoldier
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| Posted: 02/11/07 - 17:55 Post subject: Re: eye pain after eating |
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| lisa34 wrote: | Have you found out anything since you wrote this post?
I have the exact same symptoms! I've stopped drinking caffeine and coke a month ago, but now, any drop of sugar will make my eyes really hurt, especially towards the back and I get dizzy and nautious and the only thing I can do is lie down & close my eyes. |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartame#Aspartame_controversy
thinsoldier again, sorry I never replied.
I've switched to all different candies from what I used to eat. And only 1 or 2 cause eye pain (still subway's chocolate chip cookies).
I've switched from Pepsi to coke. In my country coca cola uses real sugar and doesn't give me problems at all like Pepsi does. Lots of other local foods also use real sugar. I strongly think all the fake sugar in processed foods and snack foods we import from the US is what my main problem was. My secondary problem was just plain too much sucrose in my diet, pure sugar or otherwise.
I can eat an entire raw sugar cane with no eye pains now. But of course I still have the same side effects anyone would have after eating and entire sugar cane.
http://img492.imageshack.us/img492/3024/sugarcane1fa.jpg
But some phillipino people told me that Bahamian sugar cane isn't nearly as sweet as sugar cane in other parts of the world they've been. |
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| Posted: 04/17/07 - 21:42 Post subject: Re: eye pain |
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I turned 41 this year and have just started having the same problem... only for the past month or so. It's very scary. I tried various "food experiments" to see what could be causing the eye discomfort (seems to be more in my right eye than the left, but both hurt) and it definitely seems to be the sugar content in the foods I'm eating. Has anyone received any feedback on this ?
--Rahlan
| thinsoldier wrote: | for the last year or so I've noticed that after eating sweets like chocolate bars, ice cream or cookies from Subway that my eyes seem to hurt. Sometimes to the point where, i'd guess I'd have to say I can barely see.... sort of.
I feel compelleted to close my eyes and squint very hard or rub my eyes and have decreased speed when it comes from quickly shifting focus back and forth between 2 objects.
I'm 24 years old. Very slim. I exercise but don't usually do anything cardiovascular.
I've spen the last 6 months avoiding sweets and treats but the result is that now even the smallest bit of sugary food causes eye pain.
Should I get checked for diabetes or something else, could it be an eye problem and I need to see an optometrist? |
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| Posted: 04/20/07 - 14:56 Post subject: Eye pain when eatnig sweet |
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At first I thought I had a nervous tick becuase I had to squint all the time, but I find that it is 2-30 mintuees after eating high colories or sweets.
Does anyone find that drinking water minimized the effects really quickly?
Help if anyone knows about what is causing this. |
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| Posted: 06/28/07 - 13:07 Post subject: Sugar and eye pain |
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| I can't eat anything with sugar with out my eyes hurting. This started happening about the same time cataracts started forming. I'm not diabetic but the cataracts are diabetic in nature. Eye doctors look at me like I'm crazy when I describe how my eyes hurt within a few minutes of eating anything with sugar. |
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| Posted: 08/31/07 - 23:08 Post subject: Right eye pain and sugar |
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Rahlan,
I am responding to your 04/17/07 post about eye pain after eating sugar. For over a year now I have had intermittent severe right eye pain that seems to correlate (after eliminating all other consumable substances from the list) with eating anything with sugar in it. Have you had lasting relief by completely elimating processed sugar from your diet? I went to an eye doctor who came highly recommended last November. She diagnosed me as having dry eyes and put me on Restasis eye drops. The Restasis has proven totally ineffective in relieving my symptoms and actually makes my eye pain worse. Needless to say, after giving it a few months, I stopped using it. The left eye is without any discomfort whatsoever at all times. However, the right eye pain is becoming unbearable and I am desperate to find relief. This eye doctor says she has nothing else to offer me in terms of treatment options. Any suggestions or input would be appreciated tremendously.
Thank you. |
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