Basic Summary for Optic neuritis

Main name of condition: Optic neuritis

What is Optic neuritis?
  Brief description of Optic neuritis: Optic nerve inflammation
  Parent types of Optic neuritis: Eye conditions
  Organs Affected by Optic neuritis: eye, optic nerve

How serious is Optic neuritis?
Complications of Optic neuritis: see complications of Optic neuritis

What causes Optic neuritis?
Causes of Optic neuritis: see causes of Optic neuritis

What are the symptoms of Optic neuritis?
Symptoms of Optic neuritis: see symptoms of Optic neuritis

How is it treated?
Treatments for Optic neuritis: see treatments for Optic neuritis

Society issues for Optic neuritis
Hospitalization statistics for Optic neuritis: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Optic neuritis:

0.004% (499) of hospital consultant episodes were for optic neuritis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
93% of hospital consultant episodes for optic neuritis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
36% of hospital consultant episodes for optic neuritis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
64% of hospital consultant episodes for optic neuritis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
48% of hospital consultant episodes for optic neuritis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for optic neuritis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
3 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for optic neuritis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
39 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for optic neuritis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
81% of hospital consultant episodes for optic neuritis occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4% of hospital consultant episodes for optic neuritis occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
30% of hospital consultant episodes for optic neuritis were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.002% (1,263) of hospital bed days were for optic neuritis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

Last revision: June 4, 2003

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