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View submission: Are opticians just glorified salesman's now?
Pituitary adenoma was suspected, but CT showed Inter-cranial hypertension. Not limited to the pituitary gland. Which was an odd coincidence as my grandfather and father both had pituitary tumours, and both were told the type they had were not hereditary! Anyway they drained my fluid with a lumbar puncture, treated with medication to keep fluid production lower and frequent monitoring, to see if I will need a shunt. I think I’d become desensitised to how much pain etc the extra pressure was causing because the relief of having it drained and maintained at a lower rate has been immense.
If the pressure had stayed for much longer I would have lost the sight in my right eye completely. As it stands I’ve reduced sight in my right eye now and some lasting nerve pain. Hopefully a shunt won’t be necessary but we will wait and see.
Comment by peach_clouds at 26/01/2025 at 17:40 UTC
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I was also diagnosed with intracranial hypertension after the opticians noticed some peculiarities during a sight test. Went back after to say thank you as not only had they spotted the issue and sent an urgent referral, they also changed the lenses in my glasses for free 3 times in 6 weeks as my vision rapidly deteriorated. I did, however, also tell him he could bugger off next time if it meant another lumbar puncture lol