INFORMATION ON BLINDNESS

Legal blindness is defined in several ways. One is that a person has vision of 20/200 or less. This means that this person sees at 20 feet that a normally sighted person can see at 200 feet. Many people have this condition and it can be fixed with glasses. A person who is blind in this way has vision cannot be corrected through glasses. Another way a person can be blind is to not have a total "visual field". This means that a person cannot see the whole scene as a normally sighted person can. This is measured in degrees. A person with a visual field of less than 20 degrees is considered legally blind. Normally sighted people have a visual field of 180 degrees in a normal eye.

SYNONYMS OF BLINDNESS

Synonyms and related keywords:

1. African river blindness.
2. Blinding filariasis.
3. Robles disease.
4. Black fly.
5. Onchocercal dermatitis.

CAUSES OF BLINDNESS

Main cause of blindness are:

1. Congenital blindness.
2. Retinitis pigmentosa.
3. Diabetic retinopathy.
4. Eye injury.
5. Raised intracranial pressure.
6. Detached retina.
7. Glaucoma.
8. Eye tumors.
9. Brain tumors.
10. Meningitis.
11. Chronic eye inflammation.

SYMPTOMS OF BLINDNESS

Common symptoms of blindness:

1. Burning, itching, tearing, pain.
2. Red eye and low sight.
3. Sensitivity to light.
4. Dryness and fill of net during night.
5. Floaters.
6. Blurred vision, dead cells in eyes.
7. Reduced color vision.
8. Reduced visual clearness.
9. Blindness.

TREATMENT OF BLINDNESS

There is no further treatment after getting full blindness only thing can be done is eye transplant from another eyes If one eye is gated affected then some steps can be taken to prevent other eye to get spoiled. Save eyes from any injury and regular care taken to avoid any problem. Doctor help can be taken as needed.