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MS,enlarged blood vessles

I am a 29 year old female.For the past 2 months I have a headache everyday and now my vision in my right eye is very blurry with some pain.My eye doctor just did a MRI and found abnormal spots in the white matter on my brain.Also they found enlarged blood vessel/or blood vessels ad said I have optic neuritis?My eye DR.said that there is a good chance I have MS from these tests.Do you agree?What is the mortality rate from MS?What are the chances of the blood vessels rupturing?Also what else could the spots in the white matter be if it is not MS?They are sending me to a Neurologist but this is so scary until I can get in to see him.Thank in advance for your time.
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you need to see a rheumatologist about the possibility of wegeners disease- also look up celiac disease which can cause autoimmune disorders. hope this helps ;
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Not all white spots in the brain is MS.  Other causes of white spots would include small vessel diseases (such as those caused by high blood pressure or high cholesterol) which can cause these white matter changes.  Also, MS has a diagnostic criteria of symptoms and characteristic distribution of these white matter spots.  It is possible that this is indeed MS but it is really very hard to tell.  This can might as well be a localized optic neuritis which can be treated well by your neurologist.  Regards.
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