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What are some causes of optic nerve damage, other than glaucoma?
10 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
Several: Optic nerve damage can range from trauma to chronic diseases such as diabetes and autoimmune processes.
Answered 3/18/2014
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Many: Trauma (head and/or eye), alcohol and other drugs, high blood pressure, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, optic nerve tumors, brain tumors, some heart and antibiotic medications, genetic disorders.
Answered 10/3/2018
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Optic nerve: Optic neuritis, ischemic optic neuropathy, compressive optic neuropathy, toxic optic neuropathy, traumatic optic neuropathy, hereditary forms of optic neuropathy.
Answered 7/6/2013
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