Swelling around optic nerve with lupus or MS?
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Hi, I am chris I have Lupus. I own a Lupus/ autoimmune group and do much of the research for the group. I did some research. While It can happen in Lupus, it is so much more likely to occur in people with MS. It is very rare in Lupus paitents. There is an autoimmune disease called sjogren's which has to do with dryness of eyes, mouth, nose and other mucus memeberanes, that it can happen with as well, but even with seeing that in some of the reasearch, it all tends to lean towards MS. I do not know if you have been diagnosed with anything, so my suggestion is to have some testing for autoimmunes. Also to test for MS they need to test for MS they must see what shape your mylen sheetj is in. zThey would do an MRI, and a spinal Tap. For Lupus, it would be based on blood and 11 other critera which I will include and a link I found about Ms and swelling around the optic nerve.
heres the lupus critera
Diagnostic criteria for lupus
The following criteria are used to distinguish lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus, or SLE) from other autoimmune and rheumatic diseases.
A person with 4 of these 11 conditions can be diagnosed with lupus; 3 symptoms suggest that lupus is probably present, and 2 raise the possibility of lupus. Symptoms may be present all at once or appear in succession over a period of time. 1
Butterfly (malar) rash on cheeks
Rash on face, arms, neck, torso (discoid rash)
Skin rashes that result from exposure to sunlight or ultraviolet light (photosensitivity)
Mouth or nasal ulcers, usually painless
Joint swelling, stiffness, pain involving two or more joints (arthritis)
Inflammation of the membranes surrounding the lungs (pleuritis) or heart (pericarditis). This inflammation is called serositis.
Abnormalities in urine, such as increased protein or clumps of red blood cells or kidney cells, called cell casts, in the urine
Nervous system problems, such as seizures or psychosis, without known cause
Problems with the blood, such as reduced numbers of red blood cells (anemia), platelets, or white blood cells
Positive antinuclear antibody (ANA) test
Signs of increased autoimmunity (antibodies against normal tissue), as shown by laboratory tests
I have Lupus, but i have never had that problem. Sorry you are going through that...
i have the swelling around the right optic nerve, but i don't have MS or lupus. they dont know the reason for mine.
I have not had this problem, but know others who have, who have a disease that I have. It is MS- like and most often associated with Lupus. It is Antiphospholipid syndrome. I am including a couple of links for you.
Best wishes
http://mayoclinic.com/health/antiphospho...
http://www.hughes-syndrome.org/overview.
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