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Can-short-term-steroid-cause-blurriness-used-only-for-3-weeks-and-tapered-down-i-am-now-off-for-2-weeks but i still have blurred vision.when will it go away? can it cause glaucoma or cataract? or is this a normal side effect after using prednisone?
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Hi. : Please make an appointment with your neuro oftalmologist, and get that checked out ASAP.
Answered 10/16/2019
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