Vision Impairment or Vision Loss

Vision Impairment or Vision Loss

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Overview 


Your vision is one of your most important senses. Your vision allows you to be independent.

Vision impairment is defined as a visually impaired person’s eyesight cannot be corrected to a “normal level”.

It may be said that visual impairment is the functional limitation of the eye or eyes or the vision system. This leads to 

  • Loss of visual acuity and inability of the person to see objects as clearly as a healthy person

  • Loss of visual field meaning inability of an individual to see as wide an area as the average person without moving the eyes or turning the head.

  • Photophobia – inability to look at light

  • Diplopia – double vision

  • Visual distortion or distortion of images

  • Visual perceptual difficulties or difficulties of perception

  • Or any combination of the above features

Symptoms


Some of these symptoms come on gradually, and some come on suddenly.

  • Double vision
  • Blurry vision

  • Seeing flashes of light

  • Seeing floaters or “spider webs”

  • Seeing halos or rainbows around lights

  • Seeing what looks like a curtain coming down over one eye

  • A sudden decrease in vision

  • Sudden sensitivity to light and glare

  • Sudden eye pain

  • Itching or burning eyes

  • Red eyes

  • White areas in the pupil

  • Changes in the color of your eye



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