routine eye test
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Hi everyone, im going out my mind with worry so looking for any advice from people, I went for my routine eye test yesterday and my optician wasnt happy with the picture of my eyes as he suspected swelling in my optic nerve, he asked about headaches etc, i have been suffering from headaches but i put this down to needing my glasses changed.my left eye vision is definetly poorer than my right eye. he has refereed me to eye hospital and sent a report to my gp and wants me to go to gp to get full health ccheck blood tests etc, i am 30 years old and i am overweight and i am so scared that something is seriously worng as i have been googling like mad, any advice from anyone would be very much appreciated xxx
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s.vlachy laura07324
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Please don’t be like me and work yourself up with dr google. Just try restrict this and only seek the advice of your GP and other specialists.
I had a similar situation earlier in the year. I had no idea I had IIH, i was just going for a optom check because I wanted some glasses for work. Anyway, I’ll try keep it brief. My optic nerves ended up being swollen, I got referred to a neuro-ophthalmologist who confirmed this, I had MRI’s done and then a lumbar puncture to drain the excess fluid. And since then, which has been since April, I’ve been on diamox. My optic nerve levels have come down gradually, and I can eventually slowly ween off them after a year.
I wasn’t overweight, I have a feeling and so do my specialists that it was to do with being on the pill. I came off the pill the night of my lumbar puncture procedure. So there isn’t a way to definitely tell if the reason I’m improving is bevauee of that, because I started the medication at the same time.
Basically, ride it out. Do all the necessary tests, and follow the plan from your doctors. Take care of yourself, and you will be okay. The first part is the hardest, but once you’re aware of what you’re dealing with and you’ve detected it at the right time, there’s no reason why it should affect your quality of life in any way. Nowadays I don’t even feel like I have anything wrong. All the very best to you. I tried to keep it brief but let me know if you have any other questions.