The 37-year-old suffered for two years - until one doctor realized it was because of the tattoos - Walla! health

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Moran suffered for two years from weakness and dizziness, and recently also felt she saw less well. She came to Ichilov, where they linked the strange symptoms to tattoos on her body >>>

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The 37-year-old suffered for two years - until one doctor realized it was because of the tattoos

Moran, a perfectly healthy woman, has suffered for two years from weakness and dizziness, and recently also felt that she sees less well in one eye.

She arrived at Ichilov, where a doctor looked at her and immediately realized - the strange symptoms were related to the tattoos on her body.

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Professor Zohar Habot-Wilner, director of the Ovaitis service at the Ichilov eye system, examined Moran's eyes and found normal vision in the right eye but poor vision in the left eye. "The eye examination found an intraocular inflammation (obaitis) in both eyes that involved the anterior, middle (vitreous) section and the blood vessels in the retina in both eyes, as well as edema of the center of the retina in the left eye," says Prof. Habot-Wilner. All sections of the eye in both eyes. "

At the same time as the eye examination, Prof. Habot-Wilner looked at the patient and noticed that there were quite a few tattoos on her body. "A notable finding in the physical examination was the existence of multiple tattoos, some of them large, scattered over many parts of the body, very beautiful and very colorful, definitely a colorful and special look," she said. Inflammatory in the body that developed as a result of the tattoos,"Because of this disease, intraocular inflammation developed."

The tattoos could not be ignored.

Moran Yona (Photo: courtesy of the photographers, courtesy of the photographer)

She began researching the subject, and indeed discovered that several years ago Moran suffered from a skin infection around one of the tattoos.

"This finding is a risk factor for the development of inflammatory disease in the body secondary to tattoos," explained Prof. Habot-Wilner.

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Moran was referred for clarification in order to confirm the suspicion that there is an inflammatory disease in the body and to check if there are other systems in the body beyond the eyes that are involved in the disease.

She was hospitalized in the ophthalmology department, where she performed extensive blood tests, examinations by doctors from a variety of fields (internal medicine, dermatology, pulmonary and cardiac medicine), chest X-ray, chest CT and evaluation of lung function and heart function.

The investigation revealed that Moran suffers from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory disease that may involve several systems in the body and in her case included the eyes, lungs and heart.

Despite the alarming findings, with the help of anti-inflammatory treatment that included both eye drops containing steroids, steroid injection into the eye, and oral treatment with steroids (prednisone), her condition improved significantly, and now all the symptoms have passed.

Do not ignore the symptoms

Prof. Habot-Wilner (Photo: Ichilov Spokeswoman)

"Body tattoos are a beautiful and special piece of jewelry, however, attention should be paid to phenomena that can appear especially when there are many tattoos on the body and especially when they are tattooed in close proximity and on large body areas," explained Prof. Habot-Wilner. For dermatologists, and if symptoms such as decreased vision, weakness, shortness of breath, difficulty exercising or any other phenomenon that has not occurred before, consult an ophthalmologist and family doctor, and they will seek further clarification if necessary. Which may develop due to a reaction to tattoos. "

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