Visual impairment
Visual impairment: Introduction
Visual impairment: Any condition which impairs ones vision.
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causes of Visual impairment, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Visual impairment: Symptom Checker
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Causes of General Symptom Types
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Visual impairment
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Medical Books Excerpts
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Medical Books Excerpts
- EYE PAIN
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- SCOTOMA
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- EYE PAIN
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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- Eye pain
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Scotoma
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Hemianopsia
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Scotoma
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Vision loss
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Scotoma
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Eye pain
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Vision loss
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Eye pain
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Hemianopsia
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Scotoma
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Vision loss
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Scotoma
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- EYE PAIN
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Visual impairment: Undiagnosed Conditions
Conditions that are commonly undiagnosed in related areas may include:
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Causes of Visual impairment listed in Disease Database:
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causes of Visual impairment as a symptom include:
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causes of Visual impairment
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Definitions of Visual impairment:
Visual impairments limiting one or more of the basic functions of the eye: visual acuity, dark adaptation, color vision, or peripheral vision. These may result from EYE DISEASES; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; VISUAL PATHWAY diseases; OCCIPITAL LOBE diseases; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; and other conditions. Visual disability refers to inability of the individual to perform specific visual tasks, such as reading, writing, orientation, or traveling unaided. (From Newell, Ophthalmology: Principles and Concepts, 7th ed, p132)
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Impairment of the sense of sight
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Detailed list of causes of Visual impairment
The list below shows some of the causes of Visual impairment mentioned in various sources:
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How Common are these Causes of Visual impairment?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Visual impairment.
Of the 99
causes of Visual impairment that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 2
causes are "very common" diseases
- 3
causes are "common" diseases
- 1
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 5
causes are "rare" diseases
- 3
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 91
causes have no prevalence information.
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causes of Visual impairment
Conditions listing symptoms: Visual impairment:
The following list of conditions
have 'Visual impairment' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
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of any symptom.
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2-Hydroxyglutaricaciduria
... visual impairmentB
Bardet-Biedl Syndrome
... visual impairmentBardet-Biedl syndrome, type 1
... visual impairmentBardet-Biedl syndrome, type 10
... visual impairmentBardet-Biedl syndrome, type 11
... visual impairmentBardet-Biedl syndrome, type 12
... visual impairmentBardet-Biedl syndrome, type 2
... visual impairmentBardet-Biedl syndrome, type 3
... visual impairmentBardet-Biedl syndrome, type 4
... visual impairmentBardet-Biedl syndrome, type 5
... visual impairmentBardet-Biedl syndrome, type 6
... visual impairmentBardet-Biedl syndrome, type 7
... visual impairmentBardet-Biedl syndrome, type 8
... visual impairmentBardet-Biedl syndrome, type 9
... visual impairmentC
Calcification of basal ganglia with or without hypocalcemia
... visual impairmentChromosome 14q, partial deletion
... visual impairmentCorneal Dystrophies
... visual impairmentD
Dermatoosteolysis, Kirghizian type
... visual impairmentH
Hallervorden-Spatz disease
... visual impairmentHemianopia
... visual impairmentHERNS syndrome
... visual impairmentHydranencephaly
... visual impairmentI
Infantile Refsum Disease
... visual impairmentsM
Methanol poisoning
... visual impairmentMucopolysaccharidosis type I Hurler syndrome
... visual impairmentMucopolysaccharidosis type I Scheie syndrome
... visual impairmentO
Oligodontia, keratitis, skin ulceration and arthroosteolysis
... visual impairmentP
Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration
... visual impairmentProgressive Supranuclear Palsy
... visual impairmentR
Retinopathy pigmentary mental retardation
... visual impairmentS
Schindler disease
... visual impairmentSchindler disease, type 1
... visual impairmentSepto-Optic Dysplasia
... visual impairmentSmall syndrome
... visual impairmentSpastic tetraplegic - cerebral palsy
... visual impairmentT
Transthyretin amyloidosis
... visual impairmentW
Winchester Syndrome
... visual impairmentZ
Zunich neuroectodermal syndrome
... visual impairment
Conditions listing complications: Visual impairment:
The following list of conditions
have 'Visual impairment' or similar
listed as a complication in our database.
The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear,
and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
D
Diabetic Retinopathy
... visual impairment
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Causes of Visual impairment Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Visual impairment based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
What are the alternative names for Visual impairment:
Blind or partially sighted, Blindness, Vision disorders, Visual disturbance
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Classifications of Visual impairment:
Medical Conditions associated with Visual impairment:
Vision loss (515 causes), Impaired vision (1238 causes), Visual problems (1962 causes), Vision changes (1965 causes), Vision distortion (1651 causes)
Symptoms related to Visual impairment:
Blurred vision (729 causes), Tunnel vision (23 causes), Vision loss (515 causes), Vision symptoms (1965 causes), Eye symptoms (4112 causes), Amitriptyline, Aspartoacylase deficiency, Basement membrane corneal dystrophy, Carbachol, Carbamazepine, Carotid-cavernous fistula, Celecoxib, Central serous chorioretinopathy, Cerebrovascular accident, Chalazion, Chlorpheniramine
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Medical News summaries about Visual impairment
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