Is optic atrophy bound to be blind?

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A hear "optic atrophy", the patient's heart may be a click, and nervous and afraid, appear after optic atrophy may not see it? Will eyesight get worse and worse? A lot of people can't help thinking that. However, optic nerve atrophy is the common result of different optic nerve diseases, that is to say, the discovery of optic nerve atrophy is not a diagnosis of the disease, we must further find the cause, in order to targeted treatment and evaluation of prognosis. The damage of optic nerve fiber does not mean blindness. In many patients, the optic disc is white, but the vision can be maintained at about 0.5 or even better. As long as the damage factors are removed, the damage of optic nerve is not progressive and will not self worsen. So you don't have to worry about yourself first.

Is optic atrophy bound to be blind?

Optic atrophy refers to any disease caused by retinal ganglion cells and their axons pathological changes, generally occurs in the retina to the lateral geniculate body between ganglion cells axonal degeneration. Optic atrophy is the final result of optic neuropathy, which is characterized by degeneration and disappearance of optic nerve fibers, conduction dysfunction, visual field changes, visual acuity decline and loss.

Intracranial lesions caused by intracranial inflammation, such as tuberculous meningitis or optic chiasmatic arachnoiditis, can cause descending optic atrophy. The main manifestations were decreased vision and gray or pale optic disc. Once the optic nerve atrophy, it is almost impossible to recover, because optic nerve atrophy is the final outcome of serious damage to the optic nerve. Generally, the prognosis of vision is very poor, and most patients end up blind. However, the descending optic atrophy caused by pituitary tumor compression of optic chiasm, the vast majority of patients after surgical resection of pituitary tumor, vision can have amazing recovery. Therefore, it is possible for the residual nerve fibers to restore or maintain their function. Therefore, patients should be confident to continue to adhere to treatment.

Therefore, optic atrophy in the case of improper treatment may be blind, but does not mean that optic atrophy this disease is completely blind, the two concepts are very different, can not be confused. Therefore, patients should first have confidence in the disease, listen to the doctor's advice, actively carry out treatment, and cooperate with the doctor to find out the final cause, so as to have a chance to completely cure the disease. Don't give up on yourself after getting sick. This is the most unwise move.

matters needing attention

In life, in order to prevent this disease, we should pay attention to reasonable diet. To do the following aspects: first, quit smoking and alcohol, drink less coffee, this can reduce the probability of cancer. Second, try to eat less moldy food, such as bacon. Third, do not eat food that has been contaminated by harmful chemicals. Fourth, do not eat food containing nitrite, this kind of food has a strong carcinogenicity. In addition, we must do more exercise to enhance the body's resistance.