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Old 25th Apr 2019, 11:20
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Originally Posted by IcePack
[left]Another “syndrome” that can cause blindness is Temporal Arteritis which is an auto immune disease of the arteries.
Other auto-immunes can do it as well, in fact anything thrombophilic leading to ischemia in the back of the eye. Antiphospholipid syndrome is one example, rare and often asymptomatic until stroke (been there got that T shirt) or sudden vision loss or basically a major clot anywhere....

These events are most likely coincidental and unrelated, but we'll see what comes out of the diagnoses - if they are made public.
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