Optic nerve conditions Optic neuritis ● Also known as optic nerve papillitis ● Optic neuritis is an inflammation that damages the optic nerve ● Inflammation usually settle down spontaneously over the weeks. If spontaneous remission does not occur, inflammation is treated with corticosteroids (prednisone or methylprednisolone). ● Optic neuritis is often linked to multiple sclerosis (MS), a neuro- degenerative disease of the central nervous system that results from the immune mediated inflammation and demyelination of axons. Signs and symptoms of optic neuritis can be the first indication of MS, or they can occur later in the course of the disease. Optic neuritis usually affects one eye. Symptoms may include: • Pain that is worsened by eye movements. Sometimes the pain feels like a dull ache behind the eyes. • Vision loss in one eye usually develops over hours or days and improves over several weeks to months. Vision loss is permanent in some cases. • Visual field loss can occur in any pattern • Loss of color vision often affects color perception. Colors appear less vivid than normal (especially the bright red color). • Flashing lights: some patients may report seeing flashing or flickering lights with eye movements These images were originally published in the Retina Image Bank. Henry J. Kaplan, MD Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Florida. Year 2013; Image Numbers 7851 and 7853. © the American Society of Retina Specialists. Video
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Optic nerve conditionsOptic neuritis
● Also known as optic nerve papillitis
● Optic neuritis is an inflammation that damages the optic nerve
● Inflammation usually settle down spontaneously over the weeks. If spontaneous remission does not occur, inflammation is treated with corticosteroids (prednisone or methylprednisolone).
● Optic neuritis is often linked to multiple sclerosis (MS), a neuro-degenerative disease of the central nervous system that results from the immune mediated inflammation and demyelination of axons. Signs and symptoms of optic neuritis can be the first indication of MS, or they can occur later in the course of the disease.
Optic neuritis usually affects one eye. Symptoms may include:• Pain that is worsened by eye movements. Sometimes the pain
feels like a dull ache behind the eyes.• Vision loss in one eye usually develops over hours or days
and improves over several weeks to months. Vision loss is permanent in some cases.
• Visual field loss can occur in any pattern• Loss of color vision often affects color perception. Colors
appear less vivid than normal (especially the bright red color).• Flashing lights: some patients may report seeing flashing or
flickering lights with eye movements
These images were originally published in the Retina Image Bank. Henry J. Kaplan, MD Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Florida. Year 2013; Image Numbers 7851 and 7853. © the American Society of Retina Specialists.
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