(For additional consumer health information, please visit (c) 2009 PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE. is a practicing internist and Chief Medical Editor of Internet Publishing at Harvard Health Publications, Harvard Medical School.) Your son should make an appointment with his doctor and will probably need to see an eye specialist if he truly has exophthalmos. Most other causes of proptosis involve only one eye. Because the eye is fully developed in adults, the much more common adult onset glaucoma doesn't make eyes bulge. Usually both eyes are affected.Īlmost all people with Graves' eye disease have symptoms of an overactive thyroid including anxiety, tremor, difficulty sleeping, weight loss despite an excellent appetite and intolerance of heat.Īnother rare cause of exophthalmos is glaucoma that occurs in early childhood. These muscles are called the extraocular muscles. The disease also can cause proteins to accumulate in certain tissues, most commonly in the muscles that control eye movements. For unknown reasons, the body begins producing proteins called thyroid stimulating proteins that cause the thyroid gland to become overactive. Graves' disease is an autoimmune disorder. The most common cause of true exophthalmos is Graves' disease. However, it's very unlikely that the vitamins are directly causing hour son's "bulging eyes." I am always concerned when I hear that someone takes a lot of vitamins, especially if they're taking them instead of eating a well-balanced diet.
This makes the eyes look like they bulge in comparison. Bulging eyes or proptosis have been linked to a number of diseases and conditions, including glaucoma, hyperthyroidism, leukemia and more. It causes dry, gritty eyes, blurred or double vision, and pain when moving the eyes up and down or from side to side. The eyes remain the same, but the fat and muscle around the face is diminished. Sometimes eyes can appear to be bulging when a person has lost a lot of weight. Some experts have defined the terms differently, but most of us use them interchangeably. The other term doctors use to describe the same problem is proptosis. What causes this? He takes a lot of vitamins could this be the problem?Ī: Your son's appearance could be the result of a condition called exophthalmos, an abnormal bulging out of one or both eyes. Q: My 50-year old son has developed bulging eyes over the last few months.
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