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Ron, I have GCA and got diagnosed with it when I started losing my vision in...
Ron, I have GCA and got diagnosed with ... it when I started losing my vision ... I got treatment in time to save my vision ... My understanding is that losing vision ... for people who have been treated for GCA
Posted: Feb 28, 2025
Do you have to have all the symptons to have GCA? I have a few of...
have to have all the symptons to have GCA ... sometime hurts to chew, sometimes fuzzy vision ... but not double vision or blackness.
Discussion: Possible GCA
Posted: Feb 21, 2025
I agree with @jabrown0407 that your dose sounds like it is too low if you are...
a year before being diagnosed with GCA ... I was starting to have vision problems ... from the GCA, and could have lost the ... vision in one or potentially both eyes ... #39;t had any pain from the PMR or GCA
Posted: Feb 18, 2025
I went to the emergency room after losing vision in one eye for a few seconds....
to the emergency room after losing vision ... there I had more episodes of losing vision ... I think the temporary vision loss and ... That came back positive for GCA.
Posted: Jan 25, 2025
I have had a similar experience with my eyes after going on Prednisone. I was diagnosed...
I was then diagnosed with GCA in late ... I have blurry vision near and far even ... addressed before that led to permanent vision ... rheumatologist PA and she feels that the blurry vision ... both of which can lead to blurred vision
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jan 19, 2025
It must have been very scary to start losing your vision in your right eye, thank...
been very scary to start losing your vision ... steroids stopped the progression and your vision ... that prednisone could also affect vision ... so while my blurry vision may have ... started with GCA it could now be because
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jan 18, 2025
Hi, So you know, GC’s (prednisone) are the frontline treatment for GCA. MTX is a GC...
prednisone) are the frontline treatment for GCA ... The thing with GCA is losing vision. ... from other issues that can stem from GCA
Posted: Jan 13, 2025
HI @Orangecat -I’ve been thinking about your question, (but I can’t speak about trigger finger )...
should be aware of the symptoms of GCA ... PCP and she asked about headaches, vision ... But I swear she never mentioned GCA
I hope you don't mind my response to your question. I had symptoms of GCA for...
I had symptoms of GCA for a few months ... the emergency room when I lost the vision ... My vision "glitched" several ... the emergency room doctor diagnosed GCA ... That saved my vision.
Posted: Dec 31, 2024
In 2008 my mother had GCA at age 87. I took her to specialist after specialist...
In 2008 my mother had GCA at age 87. ... specialist and no one ever mentioned GCA ... few months she woke up with blurry vision ... immediately reocognized her symptoms as GCA ... The GCA never came back.
Discussion: Worried about GCA
Posted: Dec 26, 2024
After a fruitless ER visit when my husband was experiencing severe pain in his side along...
who sent us to ER for testing for GCA ... Most of what we have learned about GCA ... immediately to ER if you experience any vision
Discussion: GCA conserns
Posted: Dec 23, 2024
Thanks, John. I had never heard of either disease until I lost vision in my right...
heard of either disease until I lost vision ... At most I’ve had mild symptoms for GCA ... biopsy, which came back positive for GCA
Posted: Dec 20, 2024
Thank you Dad. Sorry it went to Therese. This is all quite interesting. I've had a...
week as I'm quite sure I have GCA ... , terrible jaw pain, vision issues ... I assume you had GCA also?
Posted: Nov 17, 2024
I had PMR for a year before I got diagnosed. I thought it was due to...
started, I got additional symptoms of GCA ... emergency room for episodes of temporary vision ... Fortunately they saved my vision with ... being treated for PMR is developing GCA ... treated for PMR can still develop GCA
Discussion: PMR, no drugs?
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Aug 15, 2025