A 28-year-old woman presented to the Lahey Eye Clinic reporting a 1-week history of constant binocular, horizontal diplopia. In addition to the diplopia, she described pain with extraocular movements ...

Optic neuritis is an inflammation of the optic nerve, a bundle of nerve fibers that relays visual information from the eye to the brain. The condition may cause vision disturbances that can resolve on ...

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 ...

When it comes to your body’s response to exercise, there are some physical symptoms you should never ignore. If you’re dealing with blurry vision during or after exercise, your first step is to speak ...

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 — ...

The symptoms of MS vary widely in location and severity among individuals. Common symptoms include fatigue, numbness, focal weakness, visual changes such as unilateral visual loss and diplopia, ...

Dr. Bart K. Chwalisz: A 30-year-old woman was evaluated in the neuro-ophthalmology clinic at a hospital affiliated with this hospital because of monocular vision loss. Two months before the current ...

A 30-year-old woman was referred to the New England Eye Center neuro-ophthalmology service for evaluation of bilateral optic disc swelling found incidentally during her annual eye examination. Her ...

Visual changes can often be a symptom of a neurological condition, such as stroke, migraine, or an infection. In some cases, changes may be permanent or progressive, but in many cases, prompt ...

Optic atrophy is a condition in which the optic nerve begins to deteriorate. The optic nerve is the nerve at the back of your eye that connects your eye to your brain, allowing you to see. There are a ...