Abstract

A CLINICAL CASE STUDY OF AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF TRAUMATIC OPTIC ATROPHY

Palash Agrawal* and Kumari Uma Pandey

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Abstract

Traumatic optic neuropathy (TON) is an uncommon cause of visual loss following blunt or penetrating head trauma, although the majority of patients are young adult males, about 20% of cases occur during childhood. As similar to this condition a male patient of 25 years old approached to OPD of Government ayurvedic college and hospital, Patna with decrease of vision in his right eye after a road side accident for 10 years and has good vision in left eye. The classics mention the Vatashaman, Chakshushya, Nadibalya, and Rasyana lines of treatment that were used on him. Shaman Oushadhis in the form of oral medicine, and panchakarma procedure involved Nasya, Siro Dhara, Chakshushya Vasti, and Akshi Tarpana were the main form of treatment. Result: The subject had shown marked improvement subjectively and in visual acuity. Patient showed an improvement in the Visual acuity increased by ≥2 lines from 6/36 to 6/18 in right eye in 1-month. Discussion: Regretfully, traditional medicine does not offer a remedy to reverse optic atrophy; the objective is to minimize more damage to the optic nerve. An early management of Traumatic Optic Neuropathy with Ayurvedic treatment can have a significant impact on the clinical/visual outcome in terms of recovery in damaged optic nerve fibers.

Keywords: Traumatic optic atrophy, Nasya, Akshi tarpana, Chakshushya Vasti, Sirodhara.