CHARACTERISTIC AND MANAGEMENT OF OPTIC NEURITIS AT NATIONAL EYE CENTER, CICENDO EYE HOSPITAL FROM AUGUST 2009-AUGUST 2011.

ABSTRACT
Optic neuritis is an inflammation of optic nerve . The loss of vision is the
major symptom reported in more than 90% of patients who have acute optic
neuritis. The optic neuritis can be divided into typical and atypical. The optic
neuritis is resulting from an idiopathic, inflammatory, infectious or demyelinating
etiology.
The purpose of the study was to determine prevalence of optic neuritis,
define the characteristic and the management of optic neuritis patients in
Ophthalmology Unit, National Eye Center, Cicendo Eye Hospital from year
August 2009 – August 2011.The study is using rerospective descriptive method by
evaluating the data from the medical records in which the patients were diagosed
with optic neuritis.
The numbers of patients on August 2009 – August 2011 were 65 patients.
Female patients are more common than male, they were 37 (56,92%) patients.
Male patients were 28 (43,08%) cases. The onset of symptoms in 39 (60,00%)
patients were within 0-7 days. There were 39 (60,00%) patients presented with
initial visual acuity 3/60 .

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