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Optic neuritis (or retrobulbar neuritis) is the inflammation of the optic nerve that may cause a complete or partial loss of vision.
Causes
The optic nerve comprises axons that emerge from the retina of the eye and carry visual information to the primary visual nuclei, most of which is relayed to the occipital cortex of the brain to be processed into vision.
Inflammation of the optic nerve causes loss of vision usually due to the swelling and destruction of the myelin sheath covering the optic nerve.
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#bestofac What is OPTIC NEURITIS (sudden blindness) & its link to #MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS? http://bit.ly/5uyxMr
LindaAnnNickers (Linda Ann Nickerson) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:46:53 -0000
#bestofac What is OPTIC NEURITIS (sudden blindness) & its link to #MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS? http://bit.ly/5uyxMr
@lisajcopen Sorry 2 hear about cataracts - have had optic neuritis/scraped corneas (sjogren's) & can empathize.
WorkWIthIllness (Rosalind Joffe ) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:48:09 -0000
@lisajcopen Sorry 2 hear about cataracts - have had optic neuritis/scraped corneas (sjogren's) & can empathize.
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HealAllDiseases (Madison Cavanaugh) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:52:11 -0000
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Insight into Eyesight - Article in the Fall 1994 issue of Inside MS on optic neuritis.
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Optic Nerve Disorders - Use of the VER pattern test to diagnose optic neuritis.
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Optic Neuritis - Provides general information and details of the main symptoms. Contains a visual interpretation of how the condition might affect one's vision.
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