I was diagnosed with GCA/PMR just this past April during a 2 week stay at Mayo in AZ. I am 67. I noticed over the past 6 months or so as I was getting sicker before going through the ER at Mayo, my eyes, especially the left was getting worse. The lids were droopy, my eyesight was blurry & I was having more trouble moving my eyeballs side to side. This was all before the high doses of IV steroids were given in the hospital. Once I got that, my eyes started getting better as far as movement & pain. But unfortunately, the sight in my left eye was affected a bit. I will be seeing the Opthamologist at Mayo soon to talk about saving the vision I have left.
They did an MRI of on me while in the hospital focusing on my eyes & the whole orbital area to see possible damage to veins, muscles, etc. They could see some in left eye area but not sure yet how much they can do. The muscles and nerves around that orbital area help with eye movement & I was told as we age those can get weaker in some people causing droopy lids. Inflammation of that area can too with allergies, sinus issues. And some of us have these autoimmune diseases that do that as well.
I have found that cold face mask on my eye area helps bring down the swelling and my droopy lid & ever present headache though mild seems better too.
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