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What is optic atrophy?
Optic atraphy is when your optic nerve which carries impulses from your eye to your brain (Atrophy means to deteriorate or waste away).

What causes optic atrophy?
The optic nerve is made up of nerve fibers that passes on impulses to the brain. acording to [] these are the causes of optic atrophy.
 * Glaucoma
 * Stroke of the optic nerve, known as anterior ischemic optic neuropathy
 * A tumor that is pressing on the optic nerve
 * Optic neuritis, an inflammation (swelling) of the optic nerve secondary to multiple sclerosis
 * A hereditary condition in which the person experiences loss of vision first in one eye, and then in the other (known as Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy)
 * Improper formation of the optic nerve, which is a congenital problem (the person is born with it)