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What Causes A Congested Optic Nerve?

what causes a congested optic nerve - in one eye, and a congested optic nerve that bulges in the other eye and what are the potential problems that can be caused by this bulge? An optrometrist found this disorder yesterday, and I havent had a chance to discuss it with an opthamologist yet.
Fri, 25 Aug 2017
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itcan be infection or autoimmune disease bulging can be dueto increase iot which can be checked.iot can be checked and fundus examination and field tracing should be done. there may be scotomas and increase scotoma of blind spot.
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What Causes A Congested Optic Nerve?

itcan be infection or autoimmune disease bulging can be dueto increase iot which can be checked.iot can be checked and fundus examination and field tracing should be done. there may be scotomas and increase scotoma of blind spot.