Medically reviewed by Bryan M. Wolynski, OD There are many causes of eye swelling or puffiness, the most common of which include allergy, a lack of sleep, eating too much sodium, or simple aging. At ...

In the present case, the relatively distant location of the nerve fiber layer hemorrhage from the swollen optic nerve head represents ... being the probable cause. Thus, blood pressure measurement ...

suggesting that mechanical compression is unlikely to be the sole cause of optic nerve damage. Clinical studies have emphasised the role of other factors, such as optic nerve head ischaemia ...

Examination of the ocular fundus of both eyes after pharmacologic mydriasis revealed bilateral, mildly hyperemic, swollen optic discs with edema of the nerve fiber layer that obscured their ...