Prompt diagnosis is critical, since the sudden blindness in the one eye is often followed, within days, by similar sudden blindness in the second eye. Treatment may prevent further damage (see below). Any patient diagnosed with non-arteritic AION over the age of 50 must be asked about the constitutional symptoms mentioned above. Furthermore, AION patients over the age of 75 should often be blood tested regardless.
Arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy
Posterior ischemic optic neuropathy
Autoimmune optic neuropathy
Chronic relapsing inflammatory optic neuropathy
Toxic and nutritional optic neuropathy
Ischemic optic neuropathy
Retinal vasculitis
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy