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Yesterday my husband was diagnosed with optic neuritis. today he is seeing a white out area thru the eye affected. what could that be?
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Loss of vision: Optic neuritis affects the optic nerve and can result in loss of visual acuity but even complete loss of vision in some cases, and darkness or whiting out varies from pt to pt. Best approach, intravenous steroids. Get mri, to evaluate causation, such as multiple sclerosis. See both eye doc and neurologist.
Answered 1/9/2013
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Return to your docto: That is what you should do asap (like today).
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