Presentation
Acute subperiosteal hematoma of orbit is a rare condition and its presentation with rapid severe diminution of vision is even rarest. Urgent intervention is required for these patients presenting with visual compromise. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
[…] for less developed countries and even higher for more developed countries, in the number of persons with presenting visual acuity less than 6/60 as compared with presenting visual acuity less than 3/60 [12, 23, 24]. [bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com]
Cortical/Cerebral Visual Impairment, Part 1 Webinar | Approximately one hour This first session of the presentation covers the causes, definition and classification of cortical/cerebral visual impairment and is presented by staff of the New England Eye [perkinselearning.org]
Entire Body System
- Disability
The main causes of visual disability were obtained, the three-year incidence of visual disability was calculated, and the relationships between blindness or low vision and age, as well as those between blindness or low vision and gender, were analyzed [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Source: African Union of the Blind This 190-page report describes "the experiences of youth with disabilities … in their first 2 years out of high school." [perkinselearning.org]
Social Security Disability Benefit Programs The SSA offers disability benefits from two different programs. The first program — Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) — is based on an individual's work history. [visionaware.org]
Disability Rights Advocates - Negotiates and Litigates on Behalf of the Disabled Discovery Eye Foundation - Lists Organiztions by Regions of the U.S. [derbay.org]
- Swelling
Brain and orbit magnetic resonance imaging showed bilateral globe flattening, intraocular optic nerve swelling in both eyes, and no abnormality on magnetic resonance venography. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
It is estimated that as the elderly population swells over the years, the number of adults with vision impairments is expected to double. [news-medical.net]
Gadolinium-enhanced MRI is done for patients who have eye pain with movement or afferent pupillary defect, particularly with optic nerve swelling on ophthalmoscopy, to diagnose multiple sclerosis. Causative disorders are treated. [merckmanuals.com]
Gadolinium-enhanced MRI of the brain and orbits is done for patients who have eye pain with movement or afferent pupillary defect, particularly with optic nerve swelling on ophthalmoscopy, to diagnose multiple sclerosis. [msdmanuals.com]
- Cerebral Palsy
Types of Vision Impairment Associated with Cerebral Palsy Causes of visual impairment in children with cerebral palsy are broken up into issues related to the eye, and those related to the brain. [cerebralpalsyguidance.com]
(B) Cerebral palsy. (C) Epilepsy. (D) Autism. [definitions.uslegal.com]
Accompanying features of CVI include cerebral palsy and developmental delays. In many cases, partial recovery of vision is possible. Boston Children's Hospital has been named the #1 children's hospital in the nation by U.S. [childrenshospital.org]
The resulting cerebral visual impairment is a hidden disability. Unlike cerebral palsy, it cannot be seen. Yet it can be disabling, frustrating and lead to social difficulties. It is obviously not possible to learn from what cannot be seen. [cvisociety.org.uk]
- Epilepsy
In some patients, the link between the epilepsy and the visual impairment was not appreciated until they attended an epilepsy clinic. KEYWORDS: cortical blindness; drug-resistant epilepsy; ulegyria [Indexed for MEDLINE] Free full text [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
(C) Epilepsy. (D) Autism. [definitions.uslegal.com]
Nearly two-thirds of children with vision impairment also have one or more other developmental disabilities, such as mental retardation, cerebral palsy, hearing loss, or epilepsy. [foxcenter.pitt.edu]
[…] encephalopathy (HIE) (in the term born infant) periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) (in the preterm infant) traumatic brain injury due to shaken baby syndrome and accidental head injuries neonatal hypoglycemia, infections (e.g. viral meningitis ) vere epilepsy [childrenshospital.org]
Many of the children had multiple impairments due to brain injury, with cerebral palsy, mental retardation and epilepsy. Eight (7.5%) children had hearing impairment. [nature.com]
- Fever
Presenting symptoms include fever, nausea and vomiting, altered mentation, headache and meningismus. Cryptococcal meningitis is not infrequently complicated by raised intracranial pressure and visual sequelae (sometimes by blindness). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Stay home if you or your child is sick for at least 24 hours after there is no longer vomiting/diarrhea, a fever or signs of a fever (without the use of fever-reducing medicine). [livermoreschools.org]
Euler’s left eye became blind from cataract and suffered from eyestrain caused by a strong fever in 1735. [brailleworks.com]
Gastrointestinal
- Abdominal Pain
However, abrupt changes in the bowel movements that result in abdominal pain and odorous farts can be an indication of a significant problem in the digestive system. Giardia is a parasite that often infects the intestines. [prociegos.com]
Liver, Gall & Pancreas
- Jaundice
Visual defect in which objects appear to have a yellowish hue; sometimes occurs in cases of jaundice visual disorder [ imenica ] Vision defect, visual disorder. [onlinerecnik.com]
Eyes
- Visual Impairment
Anyone with noncorrectable reduced vision is visually impaired. The World Health Organization uses the following classifications of visual impairment. [aoa.org]
Visual Impairments The Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments (TVI) program will prepare you to teach children with visual impairments from birth through 22 years of age. [sfasu.edu]
In this region 12 million are blind and 78.5 million are visually impaired. This amounts to 30% of global blindness and 32% of global visual impairment. DESIGN: Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness (RAAB) survey analysis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
The Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness is the essential professional resource for information about visual impairment (that is, blindness or low vision). [afb.org]
[…] with visual impairments. [ec.ncpublicschools.gov]
- Visual Impairment
Anyone with noncorrectable reduced vision is visually impaired. The World Health Organization uses the following classifications of visual impairment. [aoa.org]
Visual Impairments The Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments (TVI) program will prepare you to teach children with visual impairments from birth through 22 years of age. [sfasu.edu]
In this region 12 million are blind and 78.5 million are visually impaired. This amounts to 30% of global blindness and 32% of global visual impairment. DESIGN: Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness (RAAB) survey analysis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
The Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness is the essential professional resource for information about visual impairment (that is, blindness or low vision). [afb.org]
[…] with visual impairments. [ec.ncpublicschools.gov]
- Night Blindness
Night Blindness Night blindness results in inability to see outside at night under starlight or moonlight or in dimly lighted interior areas such as movie theaters or restaurants. [coavision.org]
Students experience night blindness, that may be followed by loss of peripheral vision (initially as ring-shaped defect), progressing over many years to tunnel vision and finally blindness. Students typically need high illumination. [teachingvisuallyimpaired.com]
It often leads to severe visual impairment and sometimes total blindness. People with RP first develop noticeable symptoms in childhood or their teens. The first symptom most people notice is night blindness. [support.freedomscientific.com]
Psychiatrical
- Social Isolation
To be visually impaired after stroke reduces quality of life and causes social isolation because of difficulties in navigating/orientating in the surroundings. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
For one, there may be the fear of social isolation; for another, not being able to do the crossword. [patient.info]
“Getting around is a problem and more than 50% of those with sight issues are socially isolated,” Tyler pointed out. “And older people aren’t always tech savvy.” [newelectronics.co.uk]
Computer use is lower among adults with visual impairments Advances in technology continue to enhance the lives of people who have difficulty seeing and may feel physically and socially isolated at times. [hpi.georgetown.edu]
- Withdrawn
Each child was awake but appeared withdrawn without verbal output. No child blinked to threat or fixed or followed. In each case, pupillary reactivity was normal, and funduscopic examinations revealed only papilledema. One child reached for money. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Neurologic
- Encephalopathy
Common causes CVI in infants and young children include: hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) (in the term born infant) periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) (in the preterm infant) traumatic brain injury due to shaken baby syndrome and accidental head [childrenshospital.org]
Cortical Visual Impairment can be the result of a variety of different medical causes including hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) in full-term babies, periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) in premies, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy and other causes [wonderbaby.org]
Encephalopathy includes visual impairment caused by brain injuries, and postoperative impairment from brain tumors. [intechopen.com]
In infants born term, the most common cause of CVI is perinatal hypoxia-ischemia encephalopathy (HIE) (Huo et al., 1999; Fazzi et al., 2007; Khetpal and Donahue, 2007). [frontiersin.org]
Vitamin A deficiency may also cause color blindness.Some subtle forms of color blindness may be associated with chronic solvent-induced encephalopathy (CSE), caused by long-time exposure to solvent vapors.Red–green color blindness can be caused by ethambutol [en.wikipedia.org]
- Ataxia
Each presented with headache, ataxia, or nausea and vomiting, but none had preoperative visual complaints other than diplopia. Postoperatively, all patients were mute, and because of apparent visual loss, neuro-ophthalmic consultation was requested. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
[…] following: (A) Physical functioning, which severely impairs the individual's motor performance that may be due to: (i) Neurological, psychological or physical involvement resulting in a variety of disabling conditions such as hemiplegia, quadriplegia or ataxia [definitions.uslegal.com]
- Slurred Speech
speech, impaired eye movements, muscle weakness, and/or difficulty walking Sometimes MRI or CT ECG Ultrasonography of the carotid arteries Echocardiogram (ultrasound of the heart) Continuous monitoring of heart rhythm Sudden loss of vision with eye pain [msdmanuals.com]
Workup
After additional workup including lumbar puncture with an opening pressure of 55 cm H2O, a diagnosis of IIH was confirmed. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Treatment
The mutant constructs could not rescue the PGAP1-deficient CHO cell lines resistance to PI-PLC treatment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
See the Health A-Z topic on: Macular degeneration - treatment for more information about the treatment options for dry and wet AMD. [hse.ie]
Prognosis
VEPs were also severely abnormal in the infants with the worst visual outcome, but were not providing a more reliable prognosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Prognosis The prognosis generally relates to the severity of the impairment and the ability of the aids to correct it. A good low vision exam is important to be aware of the latest low vision aids. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]
It is important to note that not all researchers agree on the full range of causes, the prognosis or even the proper diagnostic label used to describe vision loss due to brain damage. [tech.aph.org]
Etiology
The potential etiologies of postoperative visual loss are reviewed, and recommendations for avoiding this complication are discussed. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
The team observed the development of early and late AMD over a period of around 18 years in the participants of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study which investigated the etiology and clinical outcomes of atherosclerosis, a disease in [hindi.gujaratfinancialexpress.com]
Epidemiology
Abstract Epidemiological data describing the prevalence of blindness and visual impairment in Haiti are sparse. The Haitian National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness (CNPC) estimates the prevalence of blindness at 1 %. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Pathophysiology
However, its aetiology and pathophysiology remain unclear. The clinical course of this disease is usually benign and self-limiting, but a minority of patients will face very debilitating and sight threatening complications. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
[…] study exhibited a 4% prevalence in African schoolchildren.[8] The majority of VKC occurs in patients between the ages of 5-25 years old with an age of onset between 10-12 years old; however there are reports of patients as young as 5-months-old.[3][9] Pathophysiology [eyewiki.aao.org]
Prevention
Conclusions: About one-sixth of IADL limitations and one-fifth of social participation restrictions could be prevented by an optimal optical correction. These results underline the importance of eye examinations in older adults to prevent disability. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Some conditions such as Cataract and Uncorrected Refractive Error are certainly treatable and Trachoma is undoubtedly preventable. [atlas.iapb.org]
Currently, the most common form of vision loss, macular degeneration, is neither preventable nor curable (but early detection and appropriate treatment can prevent blindness). Irreversible vision loss is twice as common as dementia. [visualimpairment.org.nz]
Key facts Globally, at least 2.2 billion people have a vision impairment or blindness, of whom at least 1 billion have a vision impairment that could have been prevented or has yet to be addressed. [who.int]