Neuritis

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Broader Terms

peripheral nervous system disorder

Narrower Terms

optic neuritis, polyneuritis

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• Symptoms The most common symptom of optic neuritis is sudden decrease in vision.
• Optic neuritis is inflammation or demyelination of the optic nerve—the nerve that transmits light and visual images from the retina to the brain.
• While there are several different definitions of vestibular neuritis in the literature, with variable amounts of vertigo and hearing symptoms, we will use the definition of Silvoniemi (1988) who stated that the syndrome of vestibular neuritis is confined to the vestibular system.
• 3e | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School 4 74 57 5b INTRODUCTION 59 DISCUSSION 59 REFERENCES 60 CLINICAL PICTURES 3e 5d 16e Objective Optic neuritis is inflammation of the optic nerve.
• Optic neuritis is the most common optic nerve disease to affect young people.

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