Optic neuritis is a common symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS) that affects your eyes and vision. Learn more about the symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, and complications of optic neuritis.

Learn all about optic neuritis, a condition where the optic nerve is inflamed. This article looks at the symptoms, treatments, and causes.

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 (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 ...

Typical optic neuritis: The cause is mostly multiple sclerosis but can have other unusual reasons too. It occurs in the ages of 20 to 50 years and is characterized by pain in the eye or moving ...

Optic neuritis more than often gets better on its own. In few cases, steroid medications are used to reduce inflammation in the optic nerve. Steroid treatments usually given by vein (intravenously).

The Optic Neuritis Study Group recently conducted a 15-year follow-up study of 454 patients who had acute optic neuritis--a disorder that is often the first sign of MS---in one eye and who ...

Optic neuritis (ON) occurs when the optic nerve becomes irritated or inflamed, which can lead to the loss of its myelin sheath insulation. “Without normal insulation, the nerve doesn’t ...

Optic neuritis can manifest as a sudden loss of vision in as short a period as one hour or over a few days. In a few cases, both eyes may be affected, especially in children. Other symptoms include: ...

Tailoring Optic Neuritis Evaluation Using Risk Profiles —A large data analysis found a significantly heightened relative risk of optic neuritis in NMOSD, MOGAD, and other inflammatory diseases ...

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.

Purpose To describe the clinical profile of idiopathic optic neuritis in South African blacks. Methods South African black patients with acute isolated idiopathic optic neuritis, treated and ...