Nutritional
optic neuropathy is a dysfunction of the optic nerve which is important for vision.
"To get this nutrient-deficient to cause
optic neuropathy is a bit shocking," she said.
Leber's hereditary
optic neuropathy (LHON) is a heritable genetic disease causing profound vision loss and blindness.
The unilateral inflammation in the optic nerve head and peripapillary area coexisting with active juxtapapillary retinitis, the presence of a retinochoroiditis scar in the other eye, the positive Toxoplasma titers, the favorable response to appropriate anti-parasitic agents were highly suggestive for toxoplasmic anterior
optic neuropathy.
Ethambutol-induced toxic
optic neuropathy (20.69%) was characterized by a bilateral visual loss in the majority, visual field defects, and normal fundus examinations.
The ocular manifestations of anaemia are dry eye, conjunctival haemorrhage, lid haematoma, orbital haemorrhage, retinal haemorrhage, subhyaloid haemorrhage, central retinal vein occlusion, vitreous haemorrhage, optic disc oedema and
optic neuropathy.
It defined POAG as a 'chronic and progressive
optic neuropathy for which pathologically elevated IOP is an important risk factor.
Leber's hereditary
optic neuropathy causes the rapid disintegration of the optic nerve, "like a TV cord that's been chewed on by a mouse," according to the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation.
The most common cause of
Optic Neuropathy is poor blood flow, which is called Ischemic
Optic Neuropathy and most often affects elderly people.
Detailed investigation revealed that his
optic neuropathy was associated with Toxocara infection confirmed with Western blot technique.
Visual evoked potentials in patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy complicated by ocular hypertension and suspect glaucoma or dysthyroid
optic neuropathy. Doc Ophthalmol.
Collaboratively written by Traci Medford-Rosow and Kevin Coughlin, "Unblinded: One Man's Courageous Journey through Darkness to Sight" is the true story of Kevin Coughlin, a resident New Yorker who became blind at age thirty-six due to a rare genetic disorder known as Leber's Hereditary
Optic Neuropathy. Twenty years later, without medical intervention, Kevin's sight miraculously started to return.