Patient's question:
During the onset of the illness, after a cold and fever, it was initially optic neuritis, now it has progressed to optic atrophy. Regarding the past treatment and its effectiveness, it wasn't very good. Can you treat optic atrophy?Doctor's answer:
Secondary optic atrophy includes four categories: inflammatory, degenerative, or hereditary. It primarily involves downward expansion after papillitis or retinitis, upward expansion of retrobulbar inflammation, degenerative expansion such as retinal pigment degeneration, hypoxic papilledema, and central retinal artery occlusion. Commonly used medications include neurotrophic drugs such as vitamin B1, B12, ATP, and coenzyme A, as well as vasodilators and blood-activating herbs like niacin, hydralazine, vitamin E, trivastin, and compound Danshen. Children are harmed by optic atrophy.