Is there a cure for the problem of optic nerve atrophy?

Is there a cure for the problem of optic nerve atrophy?



Email to a nearby reader says 9-year-old child, the infected nerve atrophy optic visual previews of the work of many, but did not specify a remedy, what is the cause of this atrophy and the treatment most likely?

Answer to this question, Dr. Osama Farouk Consultant Ophthalmology and a fellow of College of Surgeons, the British, saying: "back problem when the patient to the optic nerve, because it is the nerve fibers leave the retina and shift the image to a stream of nervous up to the Centers for Sight in the brain to translate them into things."

And causes atrophy of optic nerve either blue water of any high eye pressure or inflammation of nerve visual or infiltration, and may be atrophy primarily in the optic nerve, and is the result of a brain tumor or infections and viruses in the brain or the result of some genetic diseases or clashes eye or the result of excess pressure on the cerebrospinal fluid in the brain, all of these reasons caused atrophy of the optic nerve.

And symptoms of optic nerve disease, is the erosion of the area and the lack of visual brightness of the light, and fading in the eye and visual impairment, doubling of vision and pupil dilation.

The treatment of diseases of optic nerve is depending on the treatment of the cause of his injury, and 90% of the cases, the goal of treatment is to keep the remaining part of the power of optic nerve so that the atrophy in part, not completely, and try to stop the disease so do not spread with the patient work of "visual aids" It is a telescopic glasses help the patient to see and remedy the situation by temporarily.