Optic nerve papillitis, also known as optic neuritis, is commonly caused by autoimmune, infectious, or specialized diseases, and is treated with hormone therapy, anti-infective therapy, or treatment of the primary disease.
Optic neuritis refers to the inflammation of the optic nerve, and the common symptoms are vision loss or visual field obstruction, and in severe cases, it may even lead to complete blindness.
1. Hormone therapy: Optic neuritis caused by autoimmune disease can be treated with hormone therapy, such as oral administration of aminotrihydroxyprednisolone, etc., which can eliminate the edema of the optic nerve and improve the vision.
2. Anti-infective treatment: Infectious diseases, such as sinusitis, sieve sinusitis, maxillary sinusitis, nasal cavity infections and other diseases caused by optic neuritis, we should actively control the infection, anti-infective treatment, such as oral amoxicillin, ribavirin and so on.
3. Treatment of primary diseases: Optic neuritis caused by special diseases, such as pneumonia, syphilis, tuberculosis and other diseases may cause optic neuritis, need to actively treat the primary disease.
When optic neuritis occurs, patients should follow the doctor’s instructions and actively cooperate with the doctor’s treatment, do not blindly treat yourself, so as not to delay the condition or adverse reactions.