Optic Neuritis : Causes
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No known cause
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The cause of optic neuritis is unknown. Sudden inflammation of the optic nerve (the nerve connecting the eye and the brain) leads to swelling and destruction of its outer shell, called the myelin sheath. The inflammation may occasionally be the re...
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Symptoms of optic neuritis include one or more of the following: blurred or dimmed vision blind spots, particularly with central vision pain with eye movement headache sudden color blindness impaired night vision impaired contrast sensitivity Opti...
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