Aired February 4/5 2016. Synopsis: While Stefan secretly struggles with his own experience in the Phoenix stone, he tries to help Damon recover and regain his grip on reality; Matt spirals out of control; Tyler attends Alaric's baby shower; Caroline makes an upsetting discovery.
A Multiple Sclerosis Foundation answered. Optic neuritis, a common first sign of multiple sclerosis (MS), can cause blurry vision, blind spots, dimmed color and eye pain. A follow-up study of people with optic neuritis found that the majority of those examined 15 years later had 20/20 vision in the affected eye.
The inflammation associated with Optic Neuritis can often be observed with an opthalmoscope on the back of the eye (macular) provided that the inflammation is not further back along the optic nerve (retrobulbar optic neuritis).