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What Causes Headaches And Loss Of Vision In The Eye?

I just had an mri of the brain, they had read the results before I had even gotten back home. I am concerned that I may have ms or lupus. My mri results read that there is mild bilateral scattered foci of increased FLAIR signal are identified within the periventricular and subcortical white matter. Now I had the mri because I have been suffering from headaches and loss of vision in right eye. I have had blood work for auto immune diseases but don t follow up with Dr til next week. Could this mri prove Ms or lupus? I also have symptoms of both and Ms runs in my family
Mon, 23 Feb 2015
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Hello!
I understand your concern.
In my opinion your symptoms may be caused by multiple sclerosis.
Loss of vision in one eye is a very common finding in early ms. It is also called optic neuritis. Not typical for lupus.
Your family history and the MRI findings are other arguments in favor of ms diagnosis.
Multiple sclerosis can coexist with other autoimmune disease like lupus. Your complains do not support lupus diagnosis but your blood analysis will determine the diagnosis.
Hope to have been helpful,
Thank you for using HCM!
Dr Abaz Quka
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What Causes Headaches And Loss Of Vision In The Eye?

Hello! I understand your concern. In my opinion your symptoms may be caused by multiple sclerosis. Loss of vision in one eye is a very common finding in early ms. It is also called optic neuritis. Not typical for lupus. Your family history and the MRI findings are other arguments in favor of ms diagnosis. Multiple sclerosis can coexist with other autoimmune disease like lupus. Your complains do not support lupus diagnosis but your blood analysis will determine the diagnosis. Hope to have been helpful, Thank you for using HCM! Dr Abaz Quka