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My sister optic nerve eye was damaged by trauma from a car accident , she lost her left eye vision , can the nerve repair it self with time ?
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Unlikely: Opthalmology is the expert opinion.
Answered 7/16/2014
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NO: Like the spinal cord once damaged it doesn't repair itself. Some interesting work (experimental) with stem cells are now in progress
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