Optic Neuritis

Optic neuritis (optical neuritis, visual neuritis) is thehot shower or a bath (at rise of a body
sharp disease, shown an inflammation of an optictemperature)
nerve. It often meets in a combination to theDiagnostics
neurologic illnesses described demyeliniation.The doctor considers some factors at diagnostics an
Demyeliniation is a loss of an external fatty layer of aoptic neuritis. Disease not always finds verification at
nervous fibre which provides fast conductivity of asurvey of a disk of an optic nerve on eye day by
nervous impulse. More often neuritis an optic nerve itmeans of ophthalmoscope. A pain at movement by
is combined with a multiple sclerosis - slowlyan eye - the characteristic complaint for this disease.
progressing disease of the nervous system shownThe doctor can check up reaction of pupils to light
just this most demyeliniation. The inflammation of anand appoint electrophysiological research of an optic
optic nerve is frequent is a debut of a multiplenerve, research of fields of vision, colour perception
sclerosis or precedes development of a multipleand a computer tomography or a Magnetic
sclerosis for some years. Sometimes the reason ofresonance tomography of a brain.
development neuritis an optic nerve remains to theTreatment
unknown person.Treatment of this disease in overwhelming majority
The majority of patients with neuritis of an opticof cases is spent by purpose of steroid hormones
nerve test sharp deterioration of sight in aand not steroid anti-inflammatory preparations in
combination to a pain arising at movement by a sickdrops, ointments, tablets and injections. Also
eye. This disease is usually shown on one eye andantibiotics are applied also. Very seldom resort to
can periodically give relapses, as for example oftensurgical 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 meetan 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 movementneuritis (Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial) doctors have
- Reduction of visual acuitylearned, 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 colormultiple sclerosis in the future. This find is of great
- Narrowing of a peripheral field of visionimportance, as at half of patients with neuritis an
- Blind spot in the centeroptic nerve in the future the multiple sclerosis
- Feverdevelops. Though this treatment has the minimal
- Headacheinfluence on vision, it is important for the general
- Nauseahealth of the patient.
- Decrease in sight after physical activities, baths, a