Thinking about mistakes, especially medical mistakes, is uncomfortable. It is certainly more enjoyable to read about a promising new therapy than to scrutinize the reasons that medical mistakes are ...

Patient preferences in adopting the best practice for their own management is not known. Making evidence based decisions is a complex process integrating evidence based information with patient's ...

—A large data analysis found a significantly heightened relative risk of optic neuritis in NMOSD, MOGAD, and other inflammatory diseases, supporting prompt evaluation of visual complaints in these ...

A 37-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a two-week history of blurred central vision in her left eye. She had 20/20 vision in her right eye but could count fingers only at 1.2 m ...

Vision problems are pretty common for people with multiple sclerosis (MS). The symptoms usually come and go on their own, but you can talk to your doctor about treatments to protect your eyesight and ...

Intravenous dexamethasone may be effective for treating patients with primary typical optic neuritis, according to a study by researchers in India. Vimla Menon, MD, and colleagues at the All India ...

Optic neuritis is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by the inflammation of the optic nerve. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug designation to TRE-515 for the ...

Sungkyunkwan University researchers in Korea ran a nationwide cohort analysis linking allergic diseases to increased optic neuritis risk, with allergic rhinitis showing the strongest association.