Researchers from CHU Nîmes, Université Montpellier, and multiple MS centers in France have found that oral cholecalciferol in ...

More commonly, however, the term optic neuritis is used as a synonym for idiopathic, DON associated with MS. DON is a hallmark feature of MS and often presents as the initial clinical event.

Optic neuritis—inflammation of one of your two optic nerves—is a common first presentation of MS. In fact, CIS may be diagnosed from an attack of optic neuritis. Your optic nerve delivers ...

Edward Radford first tried to wage war against multiple sclerosis; he now says embracing MS has helped him in gaining perspective.

So they sent me to the hospital, and they diagnosed it as optic neuritis ... they decided that it was multiple sclerosis. It was my first MRI, my first CAT scan, my first spinal tap.

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

Uhthoff’s phenomenon is most commonly a symptom of MS, though it can also coincide with other optic nerve disorders. It's not known what causes MS. Many reasons could be at play, including your ...

The following is a summary of “Diagnostic Utility of Kappa Free Light Chain Index in Adults With Inaugural Optic Neuritis,” published in the March 2025 issue of Neurology Neuroimmunology & ...

CN VI palsies occur more commonly in MS than CN III or IV palsies. Lack of pain Ischemic optic neuropathy, NMO-associated optic neuritis, LHON, Susac syndrome, various maculopathies Disc ...

This constitutes real proof of efficacy in MS." MS often starts with an acute episode involving the central nervous system like optic neuritis or transverse myelitis. This episode, known as CIS ...