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I HAD CT BRAIN ABOUT A YEAR AGO FOR NUMBNESS IN MY FACE AND ARM. FOUND TO HAVE INCREASED ATTENUATION. I HAVE HAD SOME ATAXIA AT TIMES. SLURRED SPEECH. HYPER REFLEXIVE MUSCLES. I HAVE LUPUS AND SJOGRENS. APPROX 3 WEEKS AGO I HAD A LEFT EYE EVENT. SAME SIDE AS ALL MY OTHER SYMPTOMS. I WENT IN TO OPTHALMOLOGIST BECAUSE OF FLASHING LIGHTS/DECREASED VISION/AN ACHY PAIN AROUND MY ORBIT. AND HEADACHES. BLURRED VISION/GLARE AND SOMEWHAT OF A HALO AROUND LIGHTS. THEY PERFORMED US AND OPTIC NERVES ARE ENLARGED AND THE PRESSURES ARE BORDERLINE HIGH. THEY ARE GOING TO WATCH IT AND REPEAT IN 6 MONTHS. I FELT AS THOUGH I WAS ALMOST BLIND YESTERDAY AND THE DAY BEFORE. SO IT INCREASES AT TIMES WITH THE VISUAL LOSS/SYMPTOMS
I DO NOT KNOW IF IT COULD BE OPTIC NEURITIS, MS ???
Wed, 11 Nov 2015
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