Patient's question:
A girl before the age of 20, when she was a child, didn't know how to take care of herself and played computer games all night every day. Maybe that's when her eyes got damaged. Last year, she was diagnosed with optic nerve atrophy. Now, every day is very painful for her. She asks: Can optic nerve atrophy be treated?Doctor's answer:
Optic atrophy can be caused by factors such as glaucoma, inflammatory brain edema, tumor control, or eye trauma. The clinical manifestations include elevated intraocular pressure, which can lead to deafness in severe cases. Optic nerve cells, like brain cells, are cells that cannot be regenerated. Once the optic nerve cells swell and lose their additional functions, it is very difficult for them to recover. Currently, there are no effective clinical methods to alleviate optic atrophy.