Visual Acuity Decreased Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes

Toxoplasmosis

They should also be reassured that risk of bilateral visual impairment appears to be low. [eyewiki.aao.org]

Ocular disease can lead to visual impairment or, rarely, severe sight impairment. [patient.info]

impairment. [eyewiki.aao.org]

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Diabetes Mellitus

Cataract is a common cause of visual impairment in patients with diabetes. [aao.org]

Diabetologia 2001, 44 Suppl 2:S14–S21. (7) Global data on visual impairments 2010. [web.archive.org]

In the T2DM group, the correlations between the above parameters and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) were assessed. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Stroke

Visual impairments and hemianopia. Bladder and bowel problems: urinary incontinence, faecal incontinence, constipation. [patient.info]

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Glaucoma

After 2 months, choroidal swelling had completely resolved, best-corrected visual acuity was 20/50, and intraocular pressure was 11 mm Hg. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract Diabetic retinopathy (DR) and glaucoma are emerging causes of blindness and visual impairment in India and the world. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The disease is responsible for one in ten cases of visual impairment. [telegraph.co.uk]

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Streptococcal Infection

We report the case of a young man who presented with a severe acute akinetic-rigid disorder 2 weeks after complete recovery from an episode of pharyngitis. Magnetic resonance imaging scan abnormalities strikingly localized to the basal ganglia were accompanied by serological evidence of recent streptococcal[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Macular Degeneration

Visual decline was prominent among study eyes, with approximately 40% of all eyes decreasing in visual acuity by or 15 letters at 5 years follow-up. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Visual acuity decreased to 20/32 in the left eye. Fundus examination revealed stable confluent drusen without any apparent fluid, blood, or lipid. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Some AVED patients experience decreased visual acuity. Retinitis pigmentosa is thought to be the main cause of this visual impairment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Pineal Gland Cyst

Symptoms in children and adults may include headaches, nausea, fatigue, visual impairments, double vision, memory problems, and seizures. [skullbaseinstitute.com]

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Cataract

This results in a decrease in visual acuity and eventual blindness if untreated. [icd9data.com]

All 3 patients experienced a dramatic decrease in visual acuity on the day of surgery, ranging from 20/400 to light perception. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A 69-year-old woman complained of decreased visual acuity in her right eye, which had started 2 months ago. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Retinitis Pigmentosa

Macular edema may cause additional central visual acuity decrease. Cystoid macular edema (CME) is one of the few treatable causes of visual loss in RP. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Removal of the cataracts may lessen glare and improve visual acuity. Decreased Visual Acuity A portion of RP patients, will experience a loss of central vision. [lowvision.org]

The visual acuity decrease was not statistically significant. [iovs.arvojournals.org]

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Peripheral Vasoproliferative Retinopathy

acuity decrease due to macular edema. [scielo.br]

Exudation and vitreous hemorrhage can lead to decrease in visual acuity. [eyewiki.aao.org]

visual acuity[41][42][43]. [eyewiki.aao.org]

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Uveitis

Visual acuity is only decreased in severe cases associated with hypopyon. The signs of anterior uveitis include the following. [symptoma.com]

Visual acuity may be decreased. Extraocular movement: generally normal. [patient.info]

Visual acuity may be decreased. Floaters (due to debris and inflammatory cells) are present. Vitreous cells and opacities may also be seen. [symptoma.com]

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Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

MV and GCIPL thickness were significantly correlated with visual acuity. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Referral to “low vision clinic” may be required for decreased visual acuity (optic neuritis). [hindawi.com]

This proportion would have risen to 54% if uncorrectable mild visual impairment or the presence of optic disc pallor had been ignored. [jamanetwork.com]

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Open-Angle Glaucoma

His best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) decreased gradually over 5 years. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Her visual acuity first decreased before the age of 10. At age 13, the visual acuity was 3/10 and 9/10 in the right and left eyes, respectively. [jmg.bmj.com]

[…] significant cataract requiring surgery or report of cataract surgery) Low intraocular pressure (hypotony) Decreased visual acuity Infection (e.g., blebitis, endophthalmitis [effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov]

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Diabetic Cataract

Consequently, cataract is the single largest cause of visual impairment. [childhealth-explanation.com]

Cataracts are considered to be one of the earliest complications of diabetes mellitus, and they are confirmed as the most common cause of visual impairment in older age diabetics [symptoma.com]

In majority of the subjects, best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) gradually improved in each subsequent follow-up visit. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Normal-Tension Glaucoma

A detailed workup including neuroimaging may be indicated in patients with decreased central visual acuity ( 20/40), patients under 50 years of age, individuals with visual [glaucomatoday.com]

Global data on visual impairment in the year 2002. Bull World Health Organ. 2004;82:844–851. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 4. Quigley HA, Broman AT. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Rahmani B, Tielsch JM, Katz J, Gottsch J, Quigley H, Javitt J, et al. (1996) The cause-specific prevalence of visual impairment in an urban population. [journals.plos.org]

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Diabetes Mellitus Type 1

The most common cause of visual impairment and blindness in patients aged 25–74 years in the US Symptoms: asymptomatic until very late stages of disease Visual impairment [amboss.com]

Visual impairment and blindness are common sequelae of uncontrolled diabetes. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Patients should be evaluated regularly for retinal disease and visual impairment and peripheral and autonomic nervous system abnormalities, e.g., loss of sensation in the [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

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Radiation-induced Cataract

Early stages may not cause visual impairment. The severity of opacities has been shown to increase progressively with dose, ultimately causing visual impairment. [radiopaedia.org]

The opacities detected by modern microscopical ophtalmological techniques (e.g. slit lamp) and the clinically significant cataracts that result in visual impairment are of [icrp.org]

It is unclear how frequently radiation cataracts advance to severe visual impairment, although we have documented in a recent study about a 20-30% excess at 1 Gy of cataracts [rerf.or.jp]

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Graves Disease

Visual impairment (visual acuity and visual field changes) was the main symptom. [emro.who.int]

Decreased visual acuity and color vision, corneal ulceration, and subluxation of globe are present in most severe cases. [intechopen.com]

Visual impairment (visual acuity and visual field changes) was the main symptom of optic neuropathy. [emro.who.int]

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Suprasellar Tumor

Abstract OBJECT Visual impairments are the most common objective manifestations of suprasellar lesions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The visual impairment score (VIS), local functional correlation (LCOR) and FC values were subjected to one-way ANOVA. [medsci.org]

Key Words: Intra- and Suprasellar tumor ; Pituitary adenoma ; Meningioma ; Visual impairment [jkns.or.kr]

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Retinal Perforation

visual acuity. [visionaware.org]

At discharge, the right visual acuity was 6/12, but 3 months later it had decreased to 6/18 due to macular pucker. [bjo.bmj.com]

Statistics show that 2/3 of all blindness and visual impairment occur in women. In fact, 2.7 million women age 40 and older are visually impaired. [superiorvision.com]

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Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

Nevertheless, there are some symptoms and signs that may indicate DM2: Lethargy Fatigue Weight loss Polyuria and polydipsia Paresthesias, pruritus Visual impairment Susceptibility [symptoma.com]

Diabetologia 2001, 44 Suppl 2:S14–S21. (7) Global data on visual impairments 2010. [web.archive.org]

The most common cause of visual impairment and blindness in patients aged 25–74 years in the US Symptoms : asymptomatic until very late stages of disease Visual impairment [amboss.com]

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Diabetic Retinopathy

Her visual acuity decreased to 0.5 OU, and ophthlamoscopy showed severe DME in both eyes. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Postoperatively, visual acuity decreased to no light perception because of neovascular glaucoma complications and lack of proper follow-up. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

After injection of triamcinolone acetonide visual acuity increased and macular edema decreased. Furthermore optic nerve head neovascularization had markedly regressed. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma

A 69-year-old male developed a painful red eye with decreased visual acuity a few days after ptosis correction. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The strikingly decreased visual acuity associated with mild to moderate increased IOP is a clue to the diagnosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Visual acuity was hand motions, intraocular pressure was 64 mm Hg, and light reflex was not detected in the right eye. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Posterior Subcapsular Cataract

Eighty-seven percent of patients had reduced visual acuity; 76%, glare; and 46%, decreased contrast sensitivity. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract Cataract is the leading cause of blindness and posterior subcapsular cataract (PSC) leads to significant visual impairment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract Cataract leads to visual impairment. Among different types of cataract, posterior subcapsular cataract (PSC) can develop rapidly and surgery is usually needed. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Coronary Cataract

Most affected individuals noticed their visual impairments before the age of ten, and their visual acuity decreased gradually until surgery. [journals.plos.org]

And, from clinician’s perspective, cataract with visual impairment should be treated more aggressively in order to prevent falls after a stroke. [stroke.ahajournals.org]

Complete (total/diffuse) • May start as subtotal at birth then progress • Profound visual impairment • Requires urgent surgery 11. [slideshare.net]

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Retinal Artery Embolism

Case summary: A 47-year-old woman came to our clinic presenting with a sudden decrease of visual acuity in the left eye. [dbpia.co.kr]

Patients with obstructions of both arteries and veins will present a painless decrease of visual acuity. [icrcat.com]

It may lead to severe irreversible visual impairment. [bmcophthalmol.biomedcentral.com]

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Strabismus

Visual acuity was decreased at postoperative day 1 in both groups, but the difference was not significant. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Although she initially responded well to antibiotic and anti-inflammatory therapy, visual acuity in the left eye again decreased on postoperative day 5. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

‘Visual impairment caused by refractive error, amblyopia, strabismus, and astigmatism is a common condition among young children, affecting 5 to 10 percent of all preschoolers [oxforddictionaries.com]

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Toxic Amblyopia

It is suggested that toxic amblyopia be considered in any patient with visual impairment associated with terminal ileal disease. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The term "toxic amblyopia" denotes a visual impairment that stems from the toxic effects of various substances. [symptoma.com]

It is suggested that toxic amblyopia be considered in any patient with visual impairment associated with terminal ileal disease. 1982 S. [karger.com]

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Secondary Glaucoma

For one of these three eyes, visual acuity decreased to no light perception. [healio.com]

Postoperatively, the IOP of the left eye remained under 20 mmHg without a further decrease in visual acuity, while the right eye, which was controlled with only medication [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] final visual acuity (less than 20/40 is considered as decreased vision) is strongly correlated with amblyopia and optic nerve damage. [emedicine.medscape.com]

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Lamellar Cataract

Content covers all details of pediatric cataracts and surgical techniques to treat and prevent visual impairment. [books.google.com]

impairments. [childhoodcataracts.org.uk]

Definition An opacification of the crystalline lens of the eye that frequently results in visual impairment or blindness. [uniprot.org]

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