“What does optic neuritis feel like?”
I am a 33 year old female. I want to know what does optic neuritis feel like?
8 Answers
Optic neuritis is a disorder that affects the optic nerve with inflammation. It is often associated with Multiple Sclerosis. One does not feel anything in most cases. It presents with decreased vision and color vision loss of fast onset. You should be seen by a trained eye doctor quickly to be diagnosed and treated.
Optic Neuritis is usually painful. Quite painful.
Depends upon the cause. Most often, there is a disturbance of vision. Some experience pain behind the eye and others pain only when the eye moves. Many have no pain at all.
Optic neuritis usually presents with loss of vision and pain on eye movement. Sometimes there are other neurological symptoms one might have if optic neuritis is due to multiple sclerosis
Symptoms of optic neuritis include blurred vision, usually in just one eye but occasionally both, that may be more noticeable after exercising or taking a hot bath. Other signs include dimmed vision, abnormal color perception, and pain behind your eye, especially when you move your eyes. Optic neuritis symptoms warrant immediate ophthalmologist evaluation to prevent permanent loss of vision.
The textbook answer for the symptoms of optic neuritis are an acute incidence of unilateral decrease in vision, signs of optic nerve dysfunction such as decreased contrast sensitivity/color vision/peripheral vision, and a possible associated periorbital pain worse with eye movement. However, the presentation of optic neuritis is varied and can be some/all/none of these symptoms.
Sudden blindness and eye pain
Usually it’s painful and associated with a loss of vision.
