Your optic nerve is important as it is essential to our sight. The optic nerve’s function is to transmit information that we see and what is formed on our retina ...

When you have optic neuritis, the nerve that sends messages from your eye to your brain, called the optic nerve, is inflamed. It can happen all of a sudden. Your vision gets dim or blurry. You can’t ...

Your ability to see the world around you hinges on how well different structures in your eye perform their designated jobs. The optic nerve — actually a bundle of more than one million nerve fibers — ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease that attacks the nerves in your brain, spinal cord, and optic nerve. It’s considered an autoimmune disease. It causes inflammation and the loss of a ...

Optic neuritis is usually seen in young females between the ages 20-45 yrs. Sudden or occasionally gradual reduction in vision commonly seen unilaterally (one eye) may involve the other eye also.

Optical neuritis is the inflammation and demyelination of one or both eyes. It can be of three types, based on the part of eye, it affects- Papilitis, Neuroretinisis and RetroBulbar Neuritis.

Although intravenous (IV) corticosteroid is standard therapy for acute optic neuritis (ON), it was unclear whether a bioequivalent dose of oral corticosteroid would be as effective. The oral route of ...

Purpose It has been suggested that over-reliance on the cup-to-disc ratio is a major factor in the misinterpretation of the optic disc. In spite of this optometrist assessment of the optic disc tends ...

ZUG, Switzerland, January 6, 2025 – Oculis Holding AG (Nasdaq: OCS / ICX: OCS.IC) (“Oculis”), a global biopharmaceutical company purposefully driven to save sight and improve eye care, today announced ...

Optic neuritis (ON) is an inflammation that damages your optic nerve. It can cause vision loss and pain when you move your eyes. As the inflammation goes away, your symptoms usually get better. The ...