These are serious symptoms and should be checked by an ophthalmologist. 
Another possible cause is an autoimmune thyroid disorder, which are more 
common during the childbearing year, especially if mom had pre-eclampsia.

Catherine Watson Genna BS, IBCLC  NYC  cwgenna.com


On 2/8/2011 4:25 PM, Mary Ryngaert wrote:
> (Permission to post)...I have a question about lactation and visual disturbance.  I am counseling a mother of a 4 week old infant who is experiencing intense sensitivity to light and some floaters and blurred vision.  Her eye doctor is chalking it up to hormones, which is a natural assumption but this lady has been either pregnant or breastfeeding (and at times both) for all but a few weeks of the last 5 years and this symptom is very new.  Is it likely that she would develop that symptom late?  She doesn't want to ignore something more pressing.  Any thoughts?
>
> Mary Ryngaert, ARNP IBCLC
> UF Center for Breastfeeding and Newborns
> Gainesville Florida
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