Review on Optic Atrophy

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

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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