
Neuro-ophthalmology is a medical specialty that deals with the common diseases of the eye and the nervous system, and treats headaches caused by eye diseases. Many patients with complaints of headaches are referred to ophthalmologists by other physicians.
Symptoms such as vision loss (sudden or temporary), visual field loss, the difference in pupil size, blurred vision, double vision, the difference in eyelid opening, and color vision impairment can be indicative of a neuro-ophthalmological condition.
Most Common Neuro-Ophthalmological Diseases
- Abnormalities of the pupil
- Myasthenia gravis
- Brain tumors affecting vision
- Blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm
- Ischemic optic neuropathy
- Eye disorders associated with thyroid disease
- Multiple sclerosis
- Ocular motor palsies (nerve paralysis of the muscles responsible for eye movements)