Recent research introduces a soft, injectable material designed for use in the eye to help protect and support damaged ...

Neuropathy is when nerve damage interferes with the functioning of the peripheral nervous system (PNS). When the cause can’t be determined, it’s called idiopathic neuropathy. The PNS carries ...

PHILADELPHIA — Elevated cholesterol levels are a risk factor for idiopathic nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy in patients under age 50, a study here found. The eye condition may be the ...

Ischemic optic neuropathy typically results in painless vision loss that develops in a stepwise fashion (with changes occurring infrequently and suddenly), often with inferior altitudinal or ...

The normal anatomy of the optic nerve head has been described in detail elsewhere, 1,2,5 and is depicted in Figure 1.Substantial interindividual and intra-individual morphological variations are ...

Small fiber neuropathy occurs as a result of damage to the small fibers of the peripheral nervous system, which can lead to pain and other symptoms. Read more here.

During the past four years, as my idiopathic peripheral neuropathy has progressed, I’ve tried a variety of (unsuccessful) medications to minimize the effect of my disease.

Sangamo Therapeutics Inc. has received IND clearance from the FDA for ST-503, an investigational epigenetic regulator for the treatment of intractable pain due to idiopathic small fiber neuropathy ...

She sees patients with thyroid eye disease, optic neuritis, papilledema, neuropathies, and idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). Get to know Dr. Crum by watching her profile video. ...

About half had idiopathic small-fiber neuropathy (25 patients), and about half had either diabetes-associated or prediabetes-associated small-fiber neuropathy (14 patients and 13 patients ...

Bilateral optic disc swelling is an important clinical sign that can reflect a variety of inflammatory, infectious, toxic, metabolic, genetic, or vascular conditions, such as hypertension. [1] It ...