| Optic neuritis (optical neuritis, visual neuritis) is the | | | | hot shower or a bath (at rise of a body |
| sharp disease, shown an inflammation of an optic | | | | temperature) |
| nerve. It often meets in a combination to the | | | | Diagnostics |
| neurologic illnesses described demyeliniation. | | | | The doctor considers some factors at diagnostics an |
| Demyeliniation is a loss of an external fatty layer of a | | | | optic neuritis. Disease not always finds verification at |
| nervous fibre which provides fast conductivity of a | | | | survey of a disk of an optic nerve on eye day by |
| nervous impulse. More often neuritis an optic nerve it | | | | means of ophthalmoscope. A pain at movement by |
| is combined with a multiple sclerosis - slowly | | | | an eye - the characteristic complaint for this disease. |
| progressing disease of the nervous system shown | | | | The doctor can check up reaction of pupils to light |
| just this most demyeliniation. The inflammation of an | | | | and appoint electrophysiological research of an optic |
| optic nerve is frequent is a debut of a multiple | | | | nerve, research of fields of vision, colour perception |
| sclerosis or precedes development of a multiple | | | | and a computer tomography or a Magnetic |
| sclerosis for some years. Sometimes the reason of | | | | resonance tomography of a brain. |
| development neuritis an optic nerve remains to the | | | | Treatment |
| unknown person. | | | | Treatment of this disease in overwhelming majority |
| The majority of patients with neuritis of an optic | | | | of cases is spent by purpose of steroid hormones |
| nerve test sharp deterioration of sight in a | | | | and not steroid anti-inflammatory preparations in |
| combination to a pain arising at movement by a sick | | | | drops, ointments, tablets and injections. Also |
| eye. This disease is usually shown on one eye and | | | | antibiotics are applied also. Very seldom resort to |
| can periodically give relapses, as for example often | | | | surgical operation at neuritis an optic nerve. It refers |
| happens at a combination to a multiple sclerosis. | | | | to decompression environments of an optic nerve |
| Attributes (symptoms) | | | | and consists in its opening for pressure decrease in |
| Following symptoms of an optic nuritis do not meet | | | | an optic nerve which at this disease is inevitably |
| in all cases, but they happen more often. | | | | raised owing to an inflammatory hypostasis. |
| - Pain at movement by an eye (in 90 % of cases) | | | | From long-term research of treatment an optic |
| - Pain in an eye without movement | | | | neuritis (Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial) doctors have |
| - Reduction of visual acuity | | | | learned, that purpose of steroid hormones in a vein |
| - Sight as in darkness | | | | (instead of in tablets) reduces risk of progress of a |
| - The lowered perception of color | | | | multiple sclerosis in the future. This find is of great |
| - Narrowing of a peripheral field of vision | | | | importance, as at half of patients with neuritis an |
| - Blind spot in the center | | | | optic nerve in the future the multiple sclerosis |
| - Fever | | | | develops. Though this treatment has the minimal |
| - Headache | | | | influence on vision, it is important for the general |
| - Nausea | | | | health of the patient. |
| - Decrease in sight after physical activities, baths, a | | | | |