such as optic nerve head ischaemia, in generating optic disc cupping. One of the outstanding problems in understanding optic nerve head dysfunction in glaucoma has been the elucidation of the ...

Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that cause slow, progressive damage to the optic nerve in the back of the eye, says Schultz. This growing damage is due to unsafe fluid buildup that causes pressure ...

With neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders, your body's immune system attacks healthy nerves by mistake and causes damage to the central nervous system aside from the optic nerve. Swelling and ...

Doctors are raising awareness of a type of eating disorder after seeing a case of a 17-year-old left with permanent 'blind ...

"This is information we did not have before and it should be included in discussions between patients and their doctors, especially if patients have other known optic nerve problems like glaucoma ...