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Still frustrated about blurry vision from GCA

Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: 8 hours ago | Replies (9)

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@sannie

I was diagnosed with GCA in early September when I started losing the vision in my right eye. Fortunately, IV steroids stopped the progression and my vision was restored. At the time, my eyes checked out fine. I had all the other symptoms of GCA and it was diagnosed with a temporal biopsy. Since then, my eyes get blurry and I have to blink really hard to clear my vision. I went back to the ophthalmologist and again, my eyes checked out fine, and she said I didn’t have dry eyes. I don’t know what to think. I have been attributing it to the prednisone. I started out at 60 mg in September and am now down to 15 mg.

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It must have been very scary to start losing your vision in your right eye, thank goodness the IV steroids stopped the progression and your vision was restored. My rheumatologist mentioned that prednisone could also affect vision so while my blurry vision may have started with GCA it could now be because of prednisone. Thank you for sharing.