Patient's question:
These days, due to frequent client reception, I have been spending consecutive days at banquets for over ten days. This morning, when I woke up, I found that I could not see things clearly at all. After going to the hospital for a check-up, the doctor told me that it was caused by optic neuritis. If anyone knows, please talk about whether the optic nerve can be cured. Thank you!Doctor's answer:
Generalized inflammatory demyelinating optic neuritis can resolve on its own without treatment. Corticosteroids can reduce recurrence and shorten the course of the disease. If it is a first episode, corticosteroid pulse therapy can be used to accelerate vision recovery and reduce the risk of recurrence. For patients with a prior diagnosis of multiple sclerosis or optic neuritis, corticosteroid pulse therapy can be applied during the relapse phase, or immunosuppressants or intravenous immunoglobulin may be considered as appropriate. During the recovery phase, B vitamins and vasodilators can be used. In cases of infectious optic neuritis, treatment should target the underlying cause while protecting the optic nerve. For autoimmune optic neuropathy, standard, full-course corticosteroid therapy should be administered targeting the systemic autoimmune disease.