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LUPUS AND TN CONNECTION
Thank goodness it wasn't too hard to find tons of material about the connection between lupus and TN.
Dozens of pages of articles that discuss lupus and cranial nerve damage
- Involvement of the cranial nerves can cause:
- visual disturbances
- facial pain
- drooping of the eyelid(s)
- ringing in the ear(s)
- dizziness.
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Permalink Reply by Judy D'Arcy-Evans on -
I just googled Autism and TN and sure enough there is a familiar connection there too.
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Permalink Reply by Sheila W. on -
Wow Judy, I would not have even thought of those 2 as being connected!
Judy D'Arcy-Evans said:I just googled Autism and TN and sure enough there is a familiar connection there too. -
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Permalink Reply by jujubeee on -
Sheila, that totally helps when doing research. I do it too. Also you can do a search (control F) of the page. I have lupus and TN too, and I am convinced it is from blood vessel inflammation in my cranial nerves. I also have had "burning mouth syndrome", also from cranial nerves, distortions of taste and smells periodically (usually lasts for months at a time), Bells Palsy twice and headaches. I'm prone to vasculitis and have a history of peripheral nerve problems, which has been worsening since my dx of lupus a few years ago.
That's a little too coincidental for me! I'm going to play around at these groups and start a lupus and TN group here. Already I know of about a dozen lupies who have this problem. Also not a coincidence.
Love Julie
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