Decreasing Vision WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Decreasing Vision
Decreased vision is a visual impairment that may be caused by eye disease, aging, eye trauma, or generalized (systemic) illness.1 Vision loss may be onset or gradual and may also be temporary or permanent. The common symptoms of vision loss are blurred vision, halos, blind spots and floaters.2
Fast Facts:
- The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies vision in five categories: low vision 1, 2 and Blindness 3, 4, 5.3
- Forty million people have vision at blindness 3 or worse; 50% of blind are over the age of 65.3
- Snellen chart is used to measure vision; normal vision is 20/20.3
- Common causes of decreased vision: cataracts, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, migraines and medications.2
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Research Notes References
- ↑ NIOEyes.com: Vision Abnormalities
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A.D.A.M. (via Drugs.com): Vision Problems
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Gale Encyclopedia (via Healthline): Visual Impairment
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- Contributor: Carolyn DeLucas
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
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- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Carolyn DeLucas
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Diminished Vision, Decreasing Vision Problems, Problems with Decreasing Vision, Decreasing Vision Signs, Signs of Decreasing Vision, Decreasing Vision Symptoms, Symptoms of Decreasing Vision, Decreasing Vision Definition, Definition of Decreasing Vision, Decreasing Vision Treatments, Treatments for Decreasing Vision, Decreasing Vision Causes, Causes for Decreasing Vision, Decreasing Vision Tests, Tests for Decreasing Vision
- Last update: Jun. 4, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
