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Does Smoking Cause Swelling Of The Optic Nerve?
I ve been diagnosed with swelling of optic nerve , and told it is due to diabetes, sleep apnea or smoking. No treatment was rx d and to follow up in two weeks. Is DM, OSA or smoking potential etiologies and is waiting for a couple of weeks normal treatment . Also, I was told that vision (partial) loss should resolve in 10-14 days.
Wed, 1 Aug 2018
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Yes they all can cause swelling of the optic nerve . we can prescribe the patient steroids if it doesn't resolve after some time but prescribing steroids in a diabetic patient has it own problems so we should wait.
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Yes they all can cause swelling of the optic nerve . we can prescribe the patient steroids if it doesn't resolve after some time but prescribing steroids in a diabetic patient has it own problems so we should wait.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
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