Re: OZEMPIC & NAION
THOROUGHLY understand and empathize, since the same thing happened to me two months ago. Frightening. May I ask your age? I say that because I¡¯m thankful that at least I am 79 years old. I feel for
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Andrew Watson
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#1973
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Re: OZEMPIC & NAION
Hi Terry,
My NAION event happened to my right eye in August 2022--my vision is 20/800. I still have peripheral vision but cannot read at all with the right eye.
Having lost depth perception, driving
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Paul Campano
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#1972
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Re: OZEMPIC & NAION
Hullo All
I¡¯m writing from Cape Town , South Africa. I lost most of the useful vision
in my right eye from NAION July 22.
First misdiagnosed, but after careful choice I got a speedy, 3
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Terry Berelowitz
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#1971
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OZEMPIC & NAION
Reminder: ALL pharms should be treated with caution
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Russ Poter
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#1970
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Re: NAION or actually a case of ocular shingles?
Anecdotally, a couple of years before NAION I had shingles, upper left torso, in July. In September I developed a searing pain in my left jaw which was diagnosed as trigeminal neuralgia. ?TN and
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GaryGBrown
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#1969
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NAION or actually a case of ocular shingles?
I had my "attack" in early August of 2022-within a month my vision decreased to 20/800 and has remained so until now. During the first 6 weeks of this episode, the pain was so bad I could not put my
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Paul Campano
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#1968
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ON CATARACTS & RETINA HOLES
1/ my case: during mega-heavy workload, arguing with feds (ultimately involving Mr. Obama's office), in 2015 .. NAION attack, LEFT eye, 30% vision loss. Can still drive, if carefully.
2/ after a
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Russ Poter
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#1967
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Re: Steroids
James, that makes three of us being afflicted within days of a vitrectomy or similar procedure.
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GaryGBrown
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#1966
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Re: Steroids
Mine happened 9;Days after a vistrectomy. I believe it was due to the
surgery but Georgia Retina never mentioned anything about me being at risk.
In fact I never heard the word NAION even
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James Chevalley
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#1965
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Re: Steroids
Also see https://omim.org/entry/258660 a platelet (involved in clotting) associated factor. There actually may be enough available data to know if there is an association between factor V Leiden and
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Amy + Adam
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#1964
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Re: Steroids
That is seen in contrast MRI of orbit and brain.?I did that and showed nothing?However this is normally standard of care. Not sure if you did that procedure. Also get checked for propensity for
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iphigenia koumenis <ikoumenis@...>
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#1963
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Re: Steroids
One of the conditions I always wondered about was Factor V Leiden ¨C which I have. It¡®s a mutation of one of the blood clotting agents and can (but not always) cause abnormal blood clots.
David
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David Cattle
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#1962
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Re: Steroids
Hello the way I understand?it is that hypoxia and hypoglycemia?caused by low blood circulation in the eye causes the optic nerve to first swell and then become necrotic?due to apoptosis. This can
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ikoumenis@...
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#1961
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Re: Steroids
Is this right - changes in blood pressure can cause optic nerve to swell?
Is this also right, we can have a swollen optic nerve with no vision loss?
But if we have a swollen optic nerve and then a
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Diane Keasler
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#1960
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Re: Steroids
And I'll bet nobody mentioned NAION as a risk factor...
[email protected]> wrote:
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James Chevalley
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#1959
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Re: Steroids
James, my experience was similar. ?I had a retinal repair in August 2022 and my eye was filled with a silicon solution for 90 days to try to fend off scar tissue. ?After 90 days it was back to
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GaryGBrown
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#1958
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Re: Steroids
There is so little known about NAION. And the info we gave seems full of
contradictions. Like no anesthesia, or no flying, scuba diving. Even some
face lotions used for Rosecia suggest a problem .
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James Chevalley
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#1957
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Re: Steroids
Exactly! The most difficult thing is not knowing, or being able to prevent. I¡¯ve been hypervigilant about protecting my left eye over the years and have been told that the chances of it occurring in
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Pamela Chadick
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#1956
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Re: Steroids
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
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Diane Keasler
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#1955
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Re: Steroids
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
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Pamela Chadick
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#1954
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