Optic neuritis describes any condition that causes inflammation of the optic nerve; it may be associated with demyelinating diseases, or infectious or...
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diseases which both frequently present with optic neuritis, an inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy of the optic nerve. Multiple sclerosis is a disease of...
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are possible for the optic neuritis. It can be classified in: Single isolated optic neuritis (SION) relapsing isolated optic neuritis (RION) chronic relapsing...
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Optic papillitis is a specific type of optic neuritis. Inflammation of the optic nerve head is called "papillitis" or "intraocular optic neuritis"; inflammation...
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Chronic relapsing inflammatory optic neuropathy (CRION) is a form of recurrent optic neuritis that is steroid responsive and dependent. Patients typically...
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balance (ataxia); problems with speech or swallowing, visual problems (optic neuritis manifesting as eye pain & vision loss, or nystagmus manifesting as double...
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injuries to the optic nerve are from glaucoma; optic neuritis, especially in those younger than 50 years of age; and anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, usually...
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autoimmune diseases characterized by acute inflammation of the optic nerve (optic neuritis, ON) and the spinal cord (myelitis). Episodes of ON and myelitis...
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Peripheral neuropathy (redirect from Arsenic neuritis)
Radiation therapy Types of neuritis include: Brachial neuritis Cranial neuritis such as Bell's palsy Optic neuritis Vestibular neuritis Wartenberg's migratory...
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unilateral optic neuritis. It is also common in retrobulbar optic neuritis due to multiple sclerosis but unreliable in bilateral optic neuritis. A total...
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(dysarthria) or swallowing (dysphagia), visual problems (nystagmus, optic neuritis, phosphenes or diplopia), fatigue and acute or chronic pain syndromes...
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fulminant cases. Multiple sclerosis. Optic neuritis(including cases of CRION (chronic relapsing inflammatory optic neuropathy) Transverse myelitis Aseptic...
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Human herpesvirus 6 (section Optic neuritis)
Takahashi, Kanji (2011). "Human herpesvirus 6-associated uveitis with optic neuritis diagnosed by multiplex PCR". Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology. 55 (5):...
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of arteries), optic neuritis (inflammation of the optic nerve), infiltrative and compressive types of optic neuropathy (where the optic nerve is invaded...
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Retinal nerve fiber layer (section Optic neuritis)
threshold for identifying the presence of a unilateral optic nerve lesion in MS." Optic neuritis is often associated with multiple sclerosis, and RNFL...
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Opicinumab (section Acute optic neuritis)
monoclonal antibody designed for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, acute optic neuritis (AON), and other associated demyelinating diseases. A biologic drug...
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Photopsia (section Optic neuritis)
hallucinations) age-related macular degeneration vertebrobasilar insufficiency optic neuritis visual snow syndrome Vitreous shrinkage or liquefaction, which is the...
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keratoconus, or optic nerve hypoplasia Hydrophthalmos, or congenital glaucoma Iritis Isotretinoin has been associated with photophobia Optic neuritis Pigment...
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Visual pathway lesions (section Optic nerve lesions)
right eye. Optic neuritis involving external fibers of the optic nerve causes tunnel vision. Optic neuritis involving internal fibers of the optic nerve causes...
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associated with symptoms such as optic neuritis and transverse myelitis, because the demyelinating inflammation can affect the optic nerve or spinal cord. Many...
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Phosphenes that are induced by movement or sound may be associated with optic neuritis. Phosphenes can be induced by mechanical, electrical, or magnetic stimulation...
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Polymyositis Dermatomyositis Polyarteritis Vasculitis Ophthalmology Uveitis Optic neuritis Keratoconjunctivitis Other conditions Multiple sclerosis relapses Organ...
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province Operative note, documentation of care relating to an operation Optic neuritis, especially relevant in multiple sclerosisA Osteonecrosis, death of...
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Keratoconjunctivitis sicca testing Neurological causes include: Optic neuritis Compressive optic neuropathies Papilledema: "The underlying mechanism for visual...
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problems and allergic reactions. It is not recommended in people with optic neuritis, significant kidney problems, or under the age of five. Use during pregnancy...
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Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a mitochondrially inherited (transmitted from mother to offspring) degeneration of retinal ganglion cells...
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Autoimmune optic neuropathy (AON), sometimes called autoimmune optic neuritis, may be a forme fruste of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) associated optic neuropathy...
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was August 15, 1967. Shortly after his arrival he was diagnosed with optic neuritis and deemed medically unfit for military service, and was honorably discharged...
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neuropathies, optic neuritis, anterior ischemic optic neuropathy or papilledema (i.e. optic disc swelling produced by raised intracranial pressure), and optic disc...
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conjunctivitis with concurrent swelling of the lymph node near the ear. Optic neuritis or neuroretinitis is one of the atypical presentations. People who are...
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