Month: July 2012

Various neurological diseases can occur with loss of vision by the optic nerve be affected. i Symposium on advances in optical Neuropathies. -the loss of vision is one of the most frequent in neurology queries -work set between neurologists and ophthalmologists is determinant in the study of certain pathologies such as optic neuritis, multiple sclerosis or migraine -clinic Bavaria boasts a Neurophthalmology unit in which the collaboration of neurologists and ophthalmologists helps to improve the diagnosis and treatment Madrid, July 2012.- the past 13 June was held in Hospital Clinico San Carlos in Madrid the first Symposium on advances in optical Neuropathies, which was directed by Rafael Arroyo, both belonging to the Neurology of the hospital and the doctors Jesus Porta. The day focused on the early diagnosis of certain pathologies affecting the optic nerve and which, in turn, can report the existence of various neurological diseases. In this context, one of the topics covered more in depth was optic neuritis, acute inflammation of the optic nerve that can be a very common in multiple sclerosis visual manifestation. Both this neuritis and other neuropathies can be initially assessed indistinctly by ophthalmologists or neurologists. There is a medical sub-specialty in increasing development, the Neurophthalmology, that commitment to a multidisciplinary treatment in medical units in which ophthalmologists and neurologists work in conjunction. By clinic Bavaria, which has more than 5 years...