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What is diagnosis for optic nerve thinning?
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Possible glaucoma: You would not know about this unless your eye was evaluated by a doctor .. Optic nerve thinning, also termed cupping, can be due to elevated pressure inside the eye which is termed glaucoma. I assume the doctor who discovered this was an ophthalmologist (I hope) who would initiate a work up to see if this is the cause. You should be seeing, for this, an ophthalmologist.
Answered 2/23/2021
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