Patient's question:
How can optic neuritis be cured? What are the drugs you mentioned for nerve regeneration? Currently, the treatment plan for your condition involves a hormone storm, and every time the hormones are stopped, the symptoms return within a few days. This has happened repeatedly three times. Is there any hope for a permanent cure? How can optic neuritis be diagnosed?Doctor's answer:
Acute or subacute onset of neuromyelitis optica, with rapid progression, may have remission-relapse cycles. The characteristic clinical manifestations of this disease include acute severe transverse myelitis and bilateral simultaneous or successive recurrent retrobulbar neuritis, which can occur repeatedly in a short period, leading to quadriplegia and deafness. After standard hospital treatment, the majority of patients experience varying degrees of complete recovery, while a very small number may have residual disabilities to varying extents. Severe cases can be life-threatening, and early reports indicated a 5-year survival rate of only 68% for NMO, with the main cause of death being respiratory failure due to severe spinal cord lesions.