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Optic nerve swelling may cause eye pain. Steroids are often used to treat optic nerve swelling through IV treatment. Multiple sclerosis can cause optic nerve swelling. Ocular neuritis can occur when the optic nerve, the nerve which transmits the signals of the eye to the brain, becomes inflamed. Optic neuritis can result in vision loss that runs the gamut from mild to severe. Symptoms of sinusitis include facial pain. Hypothyroidism is a potential cause of optic nerve swelling.
Problems with blood vessels that can cause optic nerve damage. Certain types of diseases or conditions of blood vessels can cause optic nerve damage including: Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (stroke of the eye caused by diminished blood flow to the arteries that supply blood to the optic nerve). Blood clot that obstructs an artery that supplies blood to the optic nerve. Cerebral aneurysm (life-threatening bulging and weakening of the wall of an artery that can burst and cause severe hemorrhage). Stroke. Subarachnoid hemorrhage (type of bleeding around the brain).