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Optic neuritis is inflammation of the optic nerve. It may cause sudden, reduced vision in the affected eye.
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Optic neuritis is a vision disorder characterized by inflammation of the optic nerve. Optic neuritis occurs when the optic nerve, the pathway that transmits visual information to the brain, becomes inflamed and the myelin sheath that surrounds the nerve is destroyed (a process known as demyelination).
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