Pamela, so sorry to learn your left eye now, after 20 years!, has had a NAION attack.
I'm wondering, though you don't have any of the typical risk factors other than the biggie, small cup to disc ratio, if prior to this recent event, you had something that significantly either raised your BP such as significant pain or something that could have caused a drop in blood pressure such as dehydration?? It is so hard not knowing what can be a trigger.?
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On Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 02:24:18 PM EST, Pamela Chadick via groups.io <apchadick88@...> wrote:
Hello,
I also have NAION in both eyes. The first time when I was 41in my right eye and most recently 3 weeks ago in my left eye. I'm now 61. I also have small cup to disc ration in both eyes. No diabetes, no blood pressure problems, really none of the risk factors that others sometimes have. I saw a dr. in Mobile, Al who specializes in optic nerve issues and she did something interesting that she said she's had good success with . She prescribed a solu medrol that I mixed with water and drank every morning for a few days and then I've been taken 50 mg of prednisone for the past 11 days. I'll start tapering off tomorrow. My doctor 20 years ago, who has passed, prescribed the IV steroids right away. I don't have risk factors so the steroids have been okay, and, although I've been told that there's no proof it helps reduce the swelling in the optic nerve, it helps me to know that we're doing something.
