Recovery of optic neuritis

ABSTRACT

Certain visual functions, such as colour vision, contrast sensitivity, field changes and visually evoked potentials were tested in 16 subjects recovering from unilateral optic neuritis, and an equal number of control normal subjects. It was found that despite the apparent full recovery from optic neuritis, as indicated by recovering Snellen visual acuity, yet deficits were detected in all of the above mentioned functions. Colour vision testing was the least sensitive one in detecting such deficits. The use of steroid treatment did not seem to affect or improve recovery from optic neuritis