A nationwide cohort study of more than 4 million adults showed that people with allergic diseases were nearly one third more likely to develop optic neuritis than those without such conditions, with ...

Optic neuritis is a condition in which the optic nerve becomes inflamed and swollen, leading to an acute severe impairment of vision in the affected eye. The swelling may further lead to damage to the ...

Ophthalmologists, optometrists, and neurologists may be widely overdiagnosing optic neuritis, researchers say. Neuro-ophthalmologists at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, could confirm only ...

A 71-year-old man was referred by his usual ophthalmologist to the neuro-ophthalmology clinic at Tufts Medical Center for bilateral decreased vision associated with bilateral optic disc edema. His ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Being male or aged older than 40 years were consistently associated with poorer acute optic neuritis outcomes.

The study looked at the potential benefits of cataract surgery in patients with a prior diagnosis of optic neuropathy. Patients with and without optic neuropathies showed significant improvement in ...

"Patients with anti-AQP4-Ab may basically need long-term relapse prevention, because they surely experience much higher relapse activity, with much worse neurological disturbance…In MOGAD patients, ...