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.

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 ...

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 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).

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: ...

My daughter, my oldest baby, just turned 21. Six weeks after the joy of her birth came a not so pleasant gift: my diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Eighteen months later she was an active toddler ...

I am treating a 44-year-old woman with a history of 4 episodes of optic neuritis. The first episode caused blindness in her left eye, and the right eye acuity is now about 20/100. Her MRI results ...

Ocular conditions, such as optic neuritis, can often cause pressure behind the eyes. However, other conditions that affect the head, such as migraine and infections, can cause similar feelings of ...

Optic neuritis needs prompt treatment, particularly when related to NMOSD and MOG, Lee said. A delay of even 4 days reduces the chance of regaining 20/20 vision by a factor of eight.

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 ...