Optic neuritis can be caused by a number of causes, including multiple sclerosis (a condition affecting your brain and spinal cord that results in a loss of the protective covering of your nerves).[ ...

Optic neuritis occurs frequently in patients with multiple sclerosis and often is the first manifestation of the disease. It is characterized by a decrement in visual acuity, loss of color vision ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS ... One of the more obvious first signs of MS is a problem with vision, known as optic neuritis where swelling damages the optic nerve. Common signs of optic neuritis ...

A new study has compared the utility of optical coherence tomography and visual evoked potentials in the diagnosis of optic neuritis—an ... presenting symptom of multiple sclerosis.