Visual Impairment WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Visual Impairment
Visual impairment is a loss of vision that significantly limits an individual's visual capability. The vision loss occurs as a result of disease, trauma, or a congenital or degenerative condition and cannot be corrected by refractive measures, medication, or surgery. The terms partially sighted, low vision, legally blind, and totally blind are used to describe individuals with visual impairments. ...read more at Wikipedia
Fast Facts:
- Vision impairment can range from mild to severe.1
- The leading causes of vision impairment in the U.S. are age-related eye diseases such as macular degeneration, cataracts and glaucoma.1
- At times, vision impairment is preventable with regular comprehensive eye exams and prompt treatment of concerns.1
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 MedlinePlus: Vision Impairment and Blindness
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- Contributor: Kathleen J
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Kathleen J
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Vision impairment, Impaired vision
- Last update: Sep. 12, 2008
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.
