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Is there any cure for optic nerve atrophy?

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Dr. Sam Gandy answered

Arrest inflammation: It is not possible to cure optic atrophy. When due to multiple sclerosis, there are a variety of anti-inflammatory steroids and peptides that are used to arrest the inflammation.

Dr Ali agreed

Answered 12/9/2013

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Glaucoma shows RNFL & atrophy of disc. Dr. Said visual field & optic nerve remain stable but will check again in 6 mos. Is this normal procedure?

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I just received results from an MRI and was wondering about what the heterogeneous abnormal term means: "severe atrophy of the right optic nerve within its cisternal and intraocular divisions, with heterogeneous abnormal signal throughout the nerve."

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My doc says I have suspicious optic nerve atrophy. She said its just borderline, not severe. Should I be concerned about tumor? I have MRI soon

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In open angle glaucoma does the term optic atrophy mean the same thing as optic nerve damage?

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