The case for GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic possibly causing blindness is building. A new paper out this week describes several ...

which is a pressure build-up that overtime can damage the optic nerve in the back of your eye and thus lead to vision loss. Michael Walker, OD I prefer the applanation test, which is a probe that ...

A new review reports that nine people taking semaglutide and tirzepatide — the active ingredient in GLP-1 medications — ...

The optic nerve carries visual information from the ... They’ll then perform a physical exam. To ensure the best treatment, your doctor may perform additional tests to determine the cause ...

A VEP test can provide evidence of damage or disruption of optic nerve function. MS causes demyelination, but so do other conditions such as optic neuritis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.

She had no symptoms, and it was only when an optician noticed some inflammation that there was any warning she had a brain ...

A teenage girl presented to the hospital emergency department with a three-week history of intermittent frontal headache, which was worse in the morning and associated with nausea, vomiting, lethargy, ...

Examination of the ocular fundus of both eyes after pharmacologic mydriasis revealed bilateral, mildly hyperemic, swollen optic discs with edema of the nerve fiber layer that obscured their ...

In the present case, the relatively distant location of the nerve fiber layer hemorrhage from the swollen optic nerve head ... annual pediatric physical examination would offer an excellent ...