Review on Optic Atrophy

Authors

  • S Kameshwaran
  • Saranya annamalai
  • S Shameem
  • K Shanmugapriya
  • K P Sathish

Keywords:

Optic atrophy, ischemic optic neuropathy, nerve disease, glaucoma, peripheral vision

Abstract

The illness known as otic atrophy damages the eye. It causes anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, also known as glaucoma, and strokes of the optic nerve. A change in vision, notably blurred vision, problems with peripheral (side) vision, problems with color vision, and a loss of vision sharpness, are indications of optic atrophy. The final stage of a disease process that affects the retinogeniculate section of the visual pathway is called optic atrophy, and it is identified by the non-specific symptom of optic disc pallor. As a result, rather than acting like a real peripheral nerve, the optic nerve, with its 1.2 million fibers, functions more like a white matter tract. Pial capillaries that supply the optic nerve head experience degeneration, which contributes to the pallor of the optic disc seen in optic atrophy.

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Published

2023-07-20

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2023)

Section

Case Study

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