BlindnessRelated Category:
Pathologypartial or complete loss of sight.
Blindness may be caused by
injury, by
lesions of the brain or optic
nerve, by
disease of the
cornea or
retina, by pathological changes originating in
systemic disorders (e.g.
Full article >>>Blindness: Loss of useful sight.
Blindness can be temporary or permanent. Damage to any portion of the
eye, the optic
nerve, or the area of the brain responsible for
vision can
lead to
blindness.
Full article >>>BlindnessDefinition:
Blindness is the lack of
vision, or aloss of
vision that cannot be corrected with glasses or contact lenses.
Blindnessmay be
partial, with very limited
vision, or complete,with no perception of light.
Full article >>>Blindness can cause difficulty with performing everyday
tasks
Blindness can cause difficulty with performing everyday tasks such as cooking,
dressing, reading and writing. When outside shopping or going for a walk,
blindness can create problems.
Full article >>>Blindness is the loss of
vision, not correctable with lenses.
Blindness can be
partial, with loss of only part of the
vision. It can also be complete, in which case there is no perception of light.
Full article >>>Snow
blindness: A
burn of the
cornea (the clear front surface of the
eye) by ultraviolet B rays (UVB). Also called radiation
keratitis or photo
keratitis.
Full article >>>Night blindness: What are the causes?
Q.
My father has developed
night blindness and has given up driving after dark. What causes
night blindness? Is there anything that can be done to treat it?
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Full article >>>Color blindness results from an absence or malfunction of certain color-sensitive cells in the
retina. The
retina is the
nerve layer at the back of the
eye that converts light into
nerve signals that are sent to the brain.
Full article >>>Red-green
color blindness - Red-green
color blindness simply means that a person cannot distinguish shades of red and green (usually blue-green). Their visual acuity (ability to see) is normal.
Full article >>>What is the increased risk of
blindness if you smoke?
People who smoke may be twice as likely to develop AMD, and risk
blindness, compared with those who have never smoked.1 Some studies put smokers' risk at three to four times that of non-smokers.
Full article >>>blindness or visual disturbance
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mental retardation with decreasing mental function
dementia (deterioration of ability to think)
seizuresabnormal increased
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movement disorder (choreo
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Full article >>>"
Blindness mingles with the want of moral courage to deny your
appetite, to lift the cross, which means to take up the very duties that cut across the natural
appetites and passions.""Unpublished Testimonies, November 5, 1896.
Full article >>>night blindnessA reduced ability to see in dim light. May be caused by a
vitamin-A
deficiency or
glaucoma.
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Color Blindness)
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Full article >>>Cataracts are the world's leading cause of
blindness, accounting for about 42% of all cases of
blindness. In the United States, most
cataracts are age-related and affect more than half of all Americans older than 65 to some degree.
Full article >>>Diabetes can damage the
blood vessels that feed the
retina, putting people with the
disease at high risk for
blindness.
Full article >>>This serious
infection can
lead to a temporary loss of
vision,
blindness,
brain abscesses,
inflammation of the brain and spinal
tissues (
meningitis), and other complications.
Full article >>>Eye infection (referred to as gonococcal ophthalmia) can
lead to
blindness. At the turn of the last century, it accounted for almost one fourth of cases of
blindness in the United States.
Full article >>>Glaucoma is the leading cause of
blindness in African Americans. African Americans have a significantly increased risk for developing POAG.
Full article >>>You develop temporary
blindness or
vision problems.
You notice
weakness of an arm or a leg.
You start having trouble speaking.
You become aware of a swishing
noise in either ear that is related to your
heartbeat.
Full article >>>Antihistamines in non-
prescription medications also pose a risk of worsening narrow-angle
glaucoma, a common
eye disease that can
lead to
blindness in those over 65.
Full article >>>Retinopathy and associated visual loss or
blindness Broncho
pulmonary dysplasia (BPD)
Heart diseaseSevere intestinal
inflammation (necrotizing
enterocolitis)
JaundiceInfection or
septicemia AnemiaLow
blood glucose (
hypoglycemia) ...
Full article >>>Herpes can also infect the
eyes. It is the leading cause of infectious
blindness in the world.
Treatment:
Anti-
viral drugs are very useful in
treatment of the symptoms and
prevention of recurrences.
Full article >>>RETINITIS:
Inflammation of the
retina, linked in
AIDS to
cytomegalovirus infection. Untreated, it can
lead to
blindness.
RETINOPATHY: Noninflammatory degenerative
disease of the
retina.
Full article >>>ColorMax color
vision enhancement lenses Eyeglass lenses indicated to improve color
vision in patients suffering from
color blindness or color
deficiency.
Full article >>>results in a painful
blistery red
rash that is confined to one side of the body. Also referred to as
shingles. The
zoster rash affects one
nerve distribution, or dermatome. Facial
rash can
lead to optic
nerve involvement with resultant
blindness.
Full article >>>Long-term problems may include
diarrhea or
blindness.
Toxoplasmosis (TOX-o-plaz-MO-sis), an
infection of the brain and spinal cord, may cause
fatigue,
headaches,
seizures, or
paralysis on one side of the body.
Full article >>>The eight types of HHV are causative agents of
cold sores,
blindness,
cancers and life-threatening conditions in immuno-suppressed individuals.
Full article >>>Retinoblastoma is usually confined to the
eye, and as a result, more than 90% of children with
retinoblastoma will be cured. The present challenge for those who treat
retinoblastoma is to prevent
blindness and other serious effects of
treatment that ...
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