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Optic neuritis

Optic neuritis: Introduction

Optic neuritis: Optic nerve inflammation. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Optic neuritis is available below.

Symptoms of Optic neuritis

• Vision loss in one eye
• Progressive loss of vision - usually over 24-48 hours
• Partial vision loss in affected eye
• Total vision loss in affected eye
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Treatments for Optic neuritis

• Urgent treatment
• Corticosteroids
• Treatment of any underlying cause
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Optic neuritis?

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Optic neuritis: Deaths

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Diagnostic Tests for Optic neuritis

• Ophthalmoscopy
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Optic neuritis: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Optic neuritis:

• Permanent vision loss (see Blindness)
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Causes of Optic neuritis

• Nerve damage
• Demyelinating disorders
• Multiple sclerosis - about 50% of cases of optic neuritis later develop MS [Seller, 2000¹].
• Viral illness
• Temporal arteritis
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More information about causes of Optic neuritis:

• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Optic neuritis (11 listings)
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• Optic neuritis as a complication caused by other conditions
• Optic neuritis as a symptom

Disease Topics Related To Optic neuritis

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Optic neuritis:

• Multiple sclerosis
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• Chloramphenicol
• Ethambutol
• Vasculitis
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Optic neuritis: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Vision & Eye: serious diseases often undiagnosed:
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• Nerve Disorders: serious diseases commonly undiagnosed:
  • Diabetic Neuropathy -- Undiagnosed
  • Peripheral Neuropathy -- Undiagnosed
  • Multiple Sclerosis -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Optic neuritis

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Optic neuritis: Research Doctors & Specialists

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Latest Treatments for Optic neuritis

• Steroids
• Methylprednisone
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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Optic neuritis

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• UK National Guidelines on the Management of Syphilis
• Eye.
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Research about Optic neuritis

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Clinical Trials for Optic neuritis

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Optic neuritis include:

• Induction Therapy With a Single High Dose Bolus of Intravenous Methotrexate With Leucovorin Rescue, Prior to Initiation of AVONEX Treatment, in Patients Presenting With a First Acute Demyelinating Event. - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - interferon beta 1a,methotrexate,methylprednisolone
• Long Term Study of Avonex Therapy Following a First Attack of Multiple Sclerosis - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - interferon beta 1a 30 ug IM once weekly
• Simvastatin Treatment of Patients With Acute Optic Neuritis. - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - simvastatin
• Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy in Optic Neuritis - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Immunoglobulin
• Longitudinal Optic Neuritis Study (LONS) - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Methylprednisolone,Prednisone
• more trials...»

See full list of 11 Clinical Trials for Optic neuritis

Statistics for Optic neuritis

• Medical statistics for Optic neuritis
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Optic neuritis
• Death and Mortality statistics for Optic neuritis
• Society statistics for Optic neuritis

Optic neuritis: Broader Related Topics

• Eye conditions
• Eye and vision conditions
• Head conditions
• Inflammatory conditions that may be pathogenic or non-pathogenic
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Definitions of Optic neuritis:

WHAT: Optic neuritis. Optic Neuritis: the inflammation, degeneration, or demyelination of the optic nerve. WHY: Optic neuritis may be present in patients with sarcoidosis or Reiter's syndrome (rarely). HOW: Clinically, patients with optic neuritis present with sudden loss of central vision and pain on moving the eye. Opthalmoscopically there may be hyperemia of the optic disc and distention of the large retinal veins. At later stages the disk margins are blurred and may be slightly elevated simulating papilledema. REFS: Vaugn, D and Asbury, T: General Ophthamology, 8th edition, 1977. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Optic neuritis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Optic neuritis, or a subtype of Optic neuritis, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Footnotes:
1. Robert E. Seller, Differential Diagnosis of Common Complaints, 2000

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