slow blindness

[monkes]

my daughter is in her second episode of optic nerve swelling this vision field test she has blind spots occuring the doc was unable to perform spinal tap but I need this to be cured I don't want my 11 soon to be 12 daughter blind

[Sandra M Brown, MD]

I've already told you what to do.  Your child needs a lumbar puncture to determine her intracranial pressure.  Migraines do NOT cause optic nerve swelling.  Take her to a pediatric ophthalmologist.  Find one at aapos.org.

[monkes]

my daughter is in her second episode of optic nerve swelling this vision field test she has blind spots occuring the doc was unable to perform spinal tap but I need this to be cured I don't want my 11 soon to be 12 daughter blind the mri came back normal and the nuerologist sent her home on topamax treating her as a migrane i need furhter advice

[Sandra M Brown, MD]

The cause of the optic nerve swelling MUST be found.  I assume she's already had an MRI.  On the basis of the MRI, they evidently feel she should have a lumbar puncture.  So there is no such thing as "unable to perform spinal tap".  Get her to a facility that can deeply sedate her, or put her to sleep, to get the lumbar puncture performed.