Lasik and optic neuritis

[2bnChrist]

Anyone else diagnose with optic neuritis after Lasik surgery? I lost permanent vision in my right eye a few weeks after having the PRK Lasik procedure done! I was tested for other diseases such as MS but nothing was found!  I was told it was just coincidental. Any thoughts anyone?

[JohnHaganMD]

It has been reported and they are easy to pull up with any search engine.  Like commercial airline crashes in USA they are very rare and not a reason for someone to avoid LASIK.   Often their are underlying risk factors for cardiovascular disease such as smoking, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, high cholesterol

JCH MD

[2bnChrist]

Thank you for response and that diagnosis was the second opinion from a neuro ophthalmologist . And I keep reading other reports where similar occurrences have happened. Are they all coincidental? Has this been researched? my ophthalmologist  now seems to think it's related .

[JohnHaganMD]

I would suggest you get a second opinion from a neuro-ophthalmologist but an association of optic neuritis with lasik is not something that has been reported as causative and the association is likely coincidental.

JCH MD