Visual Impairment Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes

Streptococcal Infection

Neuronal immunoreactivity was visualized in the cerebral cortex at the acute stage in the case of subacute encephalitis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In each case of ADEM and PANDAS, immunohistochemistry demonstrated neuronal impairment in the basal ganglia during the acute stage. [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]

VEP serve as a useful method to determine functional impairment of the visual pathway in patients with pineal gland cyst. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The most common symptoms include headache, vertigo, visual and oculomotor disturbances, and obstructive hydrocephalus. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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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]

impairment, MMSE, fall in per year before interview, ADLs, physical performance and knee strength Pijpers et al. (2012) [8] The Netherlands Population- based cohort study [doi.org]

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Strabismus

At this point, the visual impairment will be termed "amblyopia," which is reduced visual acuity in the turned eye. [familyconnect.org]

‘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]

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 [web.archive.org]

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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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Stroke

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

[…] problems with speech and understanding language (aphasia) visual problems, including the inability to see the right visual field of each eye (homonymous hemianopsia) impaired [web.archive.org]

Cognitive impairments: attention and concentration, memory, disturbances of spatial awareness, disturbance of perception (eg, visual agnosia), apraxia and disturbances of [patient.info]

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Glaucoma

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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Migraine

[…] dysarthria, and bilateral visual impairment followed by migraine headache. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Archived from the original on September 29, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2009. "Conjunctivitis". [en.wikipedia.org]

impaired individuals. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Cataract

impairment severe visual impairment blindness. [web.archive.org]

If left untreated, however, they may eventually cause severe visual impairment in the affected eye. [theconversation.com]

A 20-year-old male patient presented with a complaint of visual impairment in his left eye since childhood. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

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

Gait is impaired by weakness, spasticity, incoordination, balance, fatigue, and visual disturbances. [hindawi.com]

Fluency of "F" was impaired in 24% of RRMS and 81% of PPMS. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Susac Syndrome

At one-year follow-up, bilateral hearing loss, mild visual impairment, and mood changes were still apparent. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

impairment. [synapse.koreamed.org]

Audiometric evaluation revealed bilateral low-frequency sensorineural hearing loss and impaired discrimination. The patient had no visual complaint. [ajnr.org]

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Intracranial Hemorrhage

There are several possible complications of NMO including: Visual impairment or blindness Paralysis or weakness of one or more limb Stiffness or muscle spasms Loss of bowel [hopkinsmedicine.org]

[…] migraine has been reported after whiplash injury, 44 manifested as intense headaches that may follow or accompany the onset of posterior cerebral circulation aura, such as visual [doi.org]

impairment, ataxia, dysarthria, paresthesias, vertigo, drop attacks, and weakness. 45 Vertebral artery insufficiency secondary to compression has been demonstrated with angiography [doi.org]

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Leptomeningeal Metastasis

In this context, visual impairment (diplopia, visual field defects), limb weakness, blunted reflexes, ataxia, hemiparesis, radicular pain, urinary incontinence or retention [symptoma.com]

impairment such as diplopia (40%), vomiting, nausea, seizures, and dizziness (each 13.3%). [dovepress.com]

Cranial-nerve involvement presents with impaired vision, diplopia (most common), hearing loss, and sensory deficits, including vertigo. [emedicine.medscape.com]

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Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

It can lead to visual impairment but prompt diagnosis and treatment in most of the cases will prevent potentially permanent visual loss. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

BACKGROUND: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) mostly affects young obese women and can lead to permanent visual impairment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

CONCLUSIONS: IIH is a challenging and serious disorder, which may lead to permanent visual impairment if there is a delay in its diagnosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Hypopyon Ulcer

[…] acuity impairment and blindness all over the world. [siyiqunahoye.tk]

On the other hand, the hypopyon will go away on its own without any treatment, however, if the underlying condition is not treated, it can result in glaucoma, visual impairment [actforlibraries.org]

Treatment Prompt treatment is essential for all forms of corneal ulcer to prevent complications and permanent visual impairment. [healthcentral.com]

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Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis

Rapidly progressing visual loss resulting in severe visual impairment within one to two years is often the first clinical sign. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Visual impairment typically appears at age four to six years and rapidly progresses to light /dark awareness only. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Other forms of NCL may present with behavior changes, epilepsy, visual impairment, or slowing of developmental progress and then loss of skills. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndrome

We underscore that ocular involvement in MuckleWells syndrome should be carefully assessed, since it can lead to visual impairment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Visual and hearing impairment are frequently reported. Contrary to FCU and MWS, remission and recurrence is not typical for CINCA. [symptoma.com]

A total of 36 of the patients were diagnosed with NOMID, which is characterized by fevers, rash, headache, aseptic meningitis, hearing loss, visual impairment, and cognitive [medpagetoday.com]

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Lyme Neuroborreliosis

Visual/spatial processing impairment (losing things, getting lost, disorganisation) Poor abstract reasoning Losses in fields of attention/executive functions such as inability [lymediseaseaction.org.uk]

Main symptoms indicating nervous system involvement Symptoms of cognitive loss such as: Memory impairment or loss. Slowed processing of information. [lymediseaseaction.org.uk]

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Brain Neoplasm

impairment. [uclahealth.org]

However, if compression from the lesion is only on one side of the optic nerve, than visual impairment is only experienced on the affected side. [intechopen.com]

[…] is situated) Common Symptoms - Loss of smell (anosmia), subtle personality changes, mild difficulty with memory, euphoria, diminished concentration, urinary incontinence, visual [uclahealth.org]

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Retrobulbar Neuritis

When this nerve is inflamed, the transmission of information is disturbed and visual impairment results. [chop.edu]

[…] function in patients with ON is usually assessed by visual acuity, and more sensitive measures of visual impairment, such as contrast sensitivity and low-contrast letter [neurologyindia.com]

The predominant complication of optic neuritis is visual impairment, and in the worst case, blindess. [clinicaladvisor.com]

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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

OBJECTIVES: We aimed at evaluating morphological and functional visual abnormalities in a cohort of SLE and SS patients in the absence of an overt clinical visual impairment [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Ischemic optic neuropathy is characterized by acute-onset and progressive binocular visual impairment as a consequence of occlusion of the small vessels of the optic nerves [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Ocular pain and visual impairment require urgent assessment by an ophthalmologist. Infection should be excluded. [academic.oup.com]

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Retinal Detachment

Proliferative diabetic retinopathy is a major cause of visual impairment in working-age adults worldwide. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

It is a very serious eye condition and can cause severe visual impairment if it is not treated promptly. [patient.info]

However, for some, macular detachment will lead to severe visual impairment in the affected eye. [patient.info]

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Multiple Sclerosis

We report a case of progressive visual impairment as the dominant symptom in the transition to secondary progressive MS. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A 41-year male presented with history of impaired cognition, facial asymmetry, visual impairment and left sided body weakness. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This includes Cerebral Palsy, Cancer, Visual Impairment, Fibromyalgia, Epilepsy, ROHHAD, Multiple Sclerosis, Hydrocephalus, Neurological Conditions, Kidney Problems, Down [nationalcancerplatform.org.mt]

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Renal Cell Carcinoma

Renal cell carcinoma in children: case report and literature review Aissa Abdellah 1,&, Kadiri Selma 1, Marnouche Elamin 1, Touil Asmae 1, Rouas Lamia 2, Malihy Abderrahmane 2, El Majjaoui Sanaa 1, Elkacemi Hanan 1, Kebdani Tayeb 1, Benjaafar Noureddine 1 1 Department of Radiation Oncology, National Institute of Oncology, Ibn[…] [panafrican-med-journal.com]

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Arachnoiditis

impairment and feelings that insects are crawling on their skin. [whale.to]

shooting pains in limbs, deep muscle pains in back and limbs, spasms and twitches, burning feet, Joint pains, numbness and tingling sensations, seizures and paralysis, visual [whale.to]

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Myopic Macular Degeneration

Global patterns of visual impairment associated with myopic macular degeneration are estimated to escalate before 2050, according to a systematic review, meta-analysis and [healio.com]

They found roughly 10 million people had visual impairment due to MMD in 2015, a total prevalence of 0.13%. Of those 10 million people, 3.3 million were blind. [reviewofmm.com]

In the US definition, the presence and severity of visual impairment was categorized into normal vision (BCVA 20/40 or better, logMAR 0.30), visual impairment (BCVA worse [iovs.arvojournals.org]

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Mucopolysaccharidosis

These complications may result in visual impairment and even blindness. [symptoma.com]

Patients may suffer from glaucoma, severe visual impairment with retinal degeneration, optic nerve compression and atrophy, and the loss of peripheral vision. [medicalhomeportal.org]

impairment, and deafness, usually leading to death within the first decade of life.[ 8 ] The advent of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from bone marrow [surgicalneurologyint.com]

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Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy

The findings of the present study suggested that the m.5587T C mutation may be involved in the pathogenesis of visual impairment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

There are also links to Leber's-related sites and scientific papers, and useful information for visually impaired people living in the United Kingdom. [web.archive.org]

Therefore, idebenone is a valuable agent to treat visual impairment in adolescents and adults with LHON. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Subacute Myelo-Optico-Neuropathy

One point six percent of patients were in complete blindness and 5.8% had severe visual impairment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

SMON patients experience serious neurological symptoms, including dysesthesia, sensory loss, motor weakness, and visual impairment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The neurological symptoms investigated were visual impairment, dysbasia, symptoms of the lower extremities, and sensory symptoms. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma

Thus, patients may present with generalized symptoms of increased intracranial pressure (ICP), including headaches, visual loss, nausea and vomiting, and cognitive impairment [emedicine.medscape.com]

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