Bilal Khan, Asif Iqbal, Muhammad Idris, Mehfooz Hussain, Junaid Sethi, Mir Ali Shah.
Role of Injectable Methyl Prednisolone in Patients with Optic Neuritis.
Ophthalmol Update Jan ;13(3):139-42.

Objective: To know about the role of injectable methyl prednisolone in patients with optic neuritis. Methodology: This cross sectional study was conducted in Ophthalmology Department of Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar from January 2012 to January 2014 with total 2 year duration. After taking consent from the ethical research committee data collection was started in those patients who were admitted with optic neuritis in the mentioned duration and treated with injectable methylprednisolone with sudden loss of vision, unilaterally with periocular pain specially with ocular movements. All the data was analyzed by SPSS version 20 and results were represented by graphs and charts. Results: Total 31 patients were included in this study in which 20(64.51%) females while remaining 11(35.49 %) were males. All the patients were in the age range of 20 to 50 years having mean age of 30 ± 5 SD. 23 ( 74.19 %) patients had visual acuity less than 6/36 while 8(25.81 %) had visual acuity greater than 6/18. Out of these 20 (64.51 %) showed 2 lines visual acuity improvement all those presented within the 2 weeks of visual loss while remaining 11 ( 35.49%) no visual improvement which presented after 2 weeks of visual loss. Conclusion: Optic neuritis is common in young to middle age females patients presenting within the 2 weeks of symptoms when treated with injectable methyl prednisolone show good visual improvement though there are less chances of recovery.

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