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Causes of Blurred vision
This section discusses 511 medical conditions causing Blurred vision. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.
Causes of Blurred vision:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Blurred vision.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
about your symptoms.
- Refractive eye conditions
- Myopia
- Near-sightedness
- Presbyopia
- Far-sightedness
- Uncorrected vision disorder
- Wrong eyeglasses
- Eye irritation
- Dry eyes - may cause blurred vision; see the many causes of dry eyes
- Eye conditions
- Diabetes - due to diabetic lens osmosis or diabetic retinopathy in diabetes and diabetes-related conditions:
- Undiagnosed diabetes
- Poorly controlled diabetes
- DKA
- HHNS
- Pregnancy
- Migraine - causing visual effects prior to onset of the migraine.
- Anemia - see also types of anemia
- Certain kidney conditions
- Certain nerve conditions (see Nerve symptoms)
- Certain brain conditions (see Brain symptoms)
- Temporal arteritis
- Some possible causes of intermittent blurred vision or episodes of blurred vision including:
- Diabetic lens osmosis - blurred vision due to diabetes, DKA, HHNS, etc.
- Glaucoma
- Acute angle glaucoma (see Glaucoma) - usually unilateral episodic blurring.
- Multiple sclerosis
- Transient ischemic attacks - i.e. multiple TIAs each causing blurring of vision.
- Blood circulation disorders (see Circulation symptoms)
- Carotid insufficiency
- Amaurosis fugax
- Carotid embolism
- Atherosclerotic emboli
- Vertebrobasilar insufficiency - causing episodic blurring or double vision.
- Visual hallucinations
- Amphetamine intoxication - in high doses.
- Certain drugs
- Digitalis toxicity
- See also causes of double vision or other vision symptoms
- Nephroangiosclerosis
- Head injury
- Concussion
- Refractive error
- Accidental poisoning - e.g. accidental ingestion of antidepressant medications
- Certain medications
Conditions listing medical symptoms: Blurred vision:
The following list of conditions have 'Blurred vision' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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List of 511 causes of Blurred vision
This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Blurred vision in our database from various sources.
- 18p minus syndrome - cataracts
- 2q deletion - cataracts
- 3 alpha methylglutaconicaciduria, type 3 - cataract
- Absent corpus callosum - cataract - immunodeficiency - cataracts
- Acanthamoeba infection - blurred vision
- Acanthamoeba infection of the eye - blurred vision
- Acanthamoeba keratitis - blurred vision
- Acanthocytosis - cataracts
- Accidental Eye Injury - Diplopia
- Accidental poisoning - e.g. accidental ingestion of antidepressant medications
- Achard syndrome - cataract
- Acromegaly - blurred vision
- Acute angle glaucoma - usually unilateral episodic blurring.
- Acute glaucoma
- Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment - blurred vision
- Acute retinal necrosis syndrome - blurred vision
- Acute vitamin A toxicity - blurred vision
- Adams Nance syndrome - cataract
- Adolescent cataract and infertility syndrome - cataracts
- Adrenoleukodystrophy, autosomal, neonatal form - cataract
- Aging - cataracts
- Akaba-Hayasaka syndrome - cloudy cornea
- Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy - cataracts
- Alpha-mannosidosis type II - corneal opacities
- Alport Syndrome - cataracts
- Alves Castelo dos Santos syndrome - cataract
- Amaurosis congenita of Leber - clouding of eye lenses
- Amaurosis fugax
- Amphetamine abuse - blurred vision
- Amphetamine intoxication - in high doses.
- Andogsky's syndrome - cataracts
- Anemia - see also types of anemia
- Aniridia - cataract
- Aniridia - ptosis - mental retardation - obesity, familial - cloudy corneas
- Aniridia - absent patella - cataract
- Aniridia - mental retardation syndrome - cataract
- Aniridia II - cataract
- Anisometropia - Diplopia
- Anterior polar cataract 2 - cataract
- Anterior segment mesenchymal dysgenesis - cataract
- Anxiety-tension syndrome - blurred vision
- Aortic supravalvular stenosis - corneal opacities
- Aphakia - blurred vision
- Arachnodactyly - ataxia - cataract - aminoaciduria - mental retardation - congenital cataracts
- Asthenopia - blurred vision
- Astigmatism - blurred vision
- Atherosclerotic emboli
- Autoimmune eye diseases - Diplopia
- Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome - Cataracts
- Autoimmune uveitis - Cataract
- Autonomic Dysreflexia - blurred vision
- Autosomal recessive nonsyndromic congenital nuclear cataract - cataract
- Balance disorders - blurred vision
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 1 - cataracts
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 10 - cataracts
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 11 - cataracts
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 12 - cataracts
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 2 - cataracts
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 3 - cataracts
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 4 - cataracts
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 5 - cataracts
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 6 - cataracts
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 7 - cataracts
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 8 - cataracts
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 9 - cataracts
- Basilar artery insufficiency syndrome - diplopia
- Bassoe syndrome - cataract
- Bhaskar-Jagannathan syndrome - cataracts
- Birdshot chorioretinopathy - blurred vision
- Blepharitis - blurred vision
- Blood circulation disorders
- Borries syndrome - blurred vision
- Bosma-Henkin-Christiansen syndrome - cataract
- Botulism food poisoning - blurred vision
- Brachymesomelia-renal syndrome - cloudy corneas
- Brachymetapody, anodontia, hypotrichosis, albinoidism - cataract
- Brain cancer - cataracts
- Brain Fag syndrome - blurred vision
- Brushfield-Wyatt syndrome - hemianopia
- CAMFAK syndrome - cataract
- Camurati-Engelmann Disease - cataract
- Cardiomyopathy cataract hip spine disease - cataract
- Carotid embolism
- Carotid insufficiency
- Cat Eye Syndrome - cataracts
- Cataract - ataxia - deafness - congenital cataract
- Cataract and cardiomyopathy - congenital cataract
- Cataract and congenital ichthyosis - cataract
- Cataract congenital dominant non nuclear - cataract
- Cataract dental syndrome - congenital cataracts
- Cataract Hutterite type - cataract
- Cataract, alopecia, sclerodactyly - cloudy eye lens
- Cataract, anterior polar, dominant - cataract
- Cataract, autosomal recessive congenital 2 - congenital cataracts
- Cataract, congenital nuclear, autosomal recessive 1 - cataract
- Cataract, congenital nuclear, autosomal recessive 2 - cataract
- Cataract, congenital, autosomal dominant - cataract
- Cataract, congenital, Volkmann type - cataract
- Cataract, congenital, with microcornea or slight microphthalmia - congenital cataracts
- Cataract, juvenile, with microcornea and glucosuria - blurred vision
- Cataract, microphthalmia and nystagmus - congenital cataracts
- Cataract, posterior polar, 1 - congenital cataract
- Cataract, posterior polar, 2 - congenital cataract
- Cataract, zonular - blurred vision
- Cataract-glaucoma - cataracts
- Cataract-microcornea syndrome - cataract
- Cataracts - blurred vision
- CCFDN - congenital cataracts
- Cennamo-Gangemi syndrome - cataracts
- Central serous chorioretinopathy - blurred vision
- Cerebelloparenchymal autosomal recessive disorder 3 - cataract
- Cerebellum agenesis - hydrocephaly - cataracts
- Cerebro-oculo-dento-auriculo-skeletal syndrome - cataract
- Certain brain conditions
- Certain drugs
- Certain kidney conditions
- Certain medications
- Certain nerve conditions
- Cervenka's syndrome - cataract
- Chalazion - blurred vision
- Chandler's syndrome - blurred vision
- Chemke-Oliver-Mallek syndrome - cataract
- Chondrodysplasia punctata - cataracts
- Chondrodysplasia punctata, non rhizomelic type - cataracts
- Chondrodysplasia Punctata, Rhizomelic type - cataracts
- Chorea, remitting with nystagmus and cataracts - cataracts
- Chorioretinitis - blurry vision
- Choroiditis - blurred vision
- Chromosome 10p deletion syndrome - cataracts
- Chromosome 15q duplication syndrome - cataracts
- Chromosome 1q duplication syndrome - cataract
- Chromosome 21q, partial deletion - cataracts
- Chromosome 3/B translocation - cloudy cornea
- Chromosome 4 ring syndrome - cataract
- Chromosome 6p partial duplication - cataracts
- Chromosome 6q deletion syndrome - cataract
- Chromosome 8 trisomy syndrome - cataract
- Chronic vitamin A toxicity - blurred vision
- Chylomicron retention disease with Marinesco-Sjogren syndrome - cataract
- Classic galactosemia - cataracts
- Cleft lip - palate - mental retardation - corneal opacity - cloudy cornea
- Closed-angle glaucoma - blurred vision
- Coats Disease - cloudy vision
- Cochleosaccular degeneration of the inner ear and progressive cataracts - cataract
- Cockayne syndrome - cataract
- Cockayne syndrome type 1 - cataracts
- Cohen-Hayden syndrome - cataract
- Coloboma of iris - blurred vision
- Concussion
- Congenital cystic eye, multiple ocular and intracranial anomalies - cataract
- Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1/IIX - cataract
- Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1I - cataract
- Congenital Toxoplasmosis - cataracts
- Conradi-Hunermann syndrome - cataracts
- Cornea disorders - Blurred vision
- Cornea guttata with anterior polar cataract - cataract
- Corneal abrasion - blurred vision
- Corneal cerebellar syndrome - corneal opacities
- Corneal dystrophy and perceptive deafness - cloudy corneas
- Corneal dystrophy crystalline of Schnyder - cloudy opacification of central cornea
- Corneal dystrophy of Bowman layer, type 1 - corneal opacities
- Corneal dystrophy of Bowman layer, type 2 - corneal opacities
- Corneal dystrophy, epithelial basement membrane - blurred vision
- Corneal dystrophy, Fuchs' endothelial, 1 - blurry vision
- Corneal dystrophy, Fuchs' endothelial, 2 - blurry vision
- Corneal flash burns - blurred vision
- Craniolenticulosutural dysplasia - cataract
- Craniostenosis cataract - cataract
- Craniosynostosis - cataract - cataract
- Criswick-Schepens syndrome - cataract
- Crome syndrome - congenital cataracts
- Cysticercosis - blurry vision
- Cytomegalovirus retinitis - blurred vision
- Dahlberg syndrome - bilateral cataract
- De Barsy Syndrome - cloudy cornea
- Deafness - cataracts - skeletal anomalies - cataracts
- Deafness progressive cataract autosomal dominant - cataracts
- Deletion 2q24 - cataract
- Delta-1-pyrroline 5-carboxylate synthetase deficiency - cataract
- Dementia, familial Danish - cataract
- Dennis-Fairhurst-Moore syndrome - congenital cataract
- Dermochondrocorneal dystrophy of François - corneal opacities
- Diabetes - severe blurred vision
- Diabetic hypoglycemia - blurred vision
- Diabetic lens osmosis - blurred vision
- Diabetic Retinopathy - permanent blurred vision
- Diffuse leiomyomatosis with Alport syndrome - cataract
- Digitalis toxicity
- Digitorenocerebral syndrome - cataract
- Dionisi-Vici-Sabetta-Gambarara syndrome - cataract
- Disequilibrium syndrome - blurred vision
- DKA
- Down Syndrome - Cataracts
- Dry Eye - blurred vision
- Dry eyes - may cause blurred vision; see the many causes of dry eyes
- Dwarfism - stiff joint - ocular abnormalities - cataract
- Dysequilibrium syndrome - cataract
- Dystrophia myotonica 1 - cataract
- Ecstasy abuse - blurred vision
- Ectodermal dysplasia - cataracts
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Beasley Cohen type - cataracts
- Emanuel syndrome - cataracts
- Empty sella syndrome - acquired - hemianopia
- Encephalitis, California serogroup viral - Blurred vision
- Episodic ataxia, type 3 - diplopia
- Episodic ataxia, type 7 - diplopia
- Epitheliopathy, acute posterior multifocal placoid - blurred vision
- Esthesioneuroblastoma - diplopia
- Exudative retinopathy familial, autosomal dominant - cataract
- Exudative retinopathy familial, autosomal recessive - cataract
- Exudative retinopathy familial, X-linked, recessive - cataract
- Exudative retinopathy, familial - cataract
- Exudative vitreoretinopathy 3 - cataract
- Exudative vitreoretinopathy 4 - cataract
- Eye conditions
- Eye Herpes - blurry vision
- Eye irritation
- Fabry's Disease - corneal opacities
- Faciooculoacousticorenal syndrome - cataract
- Far-sightedness
- Fechtner syndrome - congenital cataracts
- Fine-Lubinsky syndrome - cataract
- Fish-eye disease - corneal opacities
- Flynn-Aird syndrome - cataracts
- Francois dyscephalic syndrome - cataracts
- Fuchs' Dystrophy - blurred vision
- Fungal meningitis - blurred vision
- Galactosemia I - cataracts
- Galactosemia III - cataracts
- Gaucher-like disease - cloudy corneas
- Ghose-Sachdev-Kumar syndrome - blurred vision
- Glaucoma - blurred vision
- Glaucoma, hereditary - blurred vision
- Goldberg syndrome - corneal opacities
- Goldstein-Hutt syndrome - cataract
- Gomez and Lopez-Hernandez syndrome - corneal opacities
- Graves Disease - blurred vision
- Hajdu-Cheney Syndrome - cataract
- HARD syndrome - cataract
- Head injury - blurred vision
- HEC syndrome - cataract
- Heckenlively syndrome - cataract
- Heerfordt syndrome - blurred vision
- Heidenhain syndrome - blurred vision
- HELLP syndrome - blurred vision
- Hemimegalencephaly - hemianopia
- Hemiplegic migraine, familial type 1 - blurred vision
- Hemorragic fever with renal syndrome - blurred vision
- HHNS
- Hornova-Dlurosova syndrome - congenital cataracts
- Hyperferritinemia, hereditary with congenital cataracts - cataract
- Hyperopia - blurred vision
- Hyperornithinemia-hyperammonemia-homocitrullinuria syndrome - blurred vision
- Hyperventilation - blurred vision
- Hyphema - blurred vision
- Hypoglycemia - blurred vision
- Hypoglycemic attack - blurred vision
- Hypomyelination - congenital cataract - congenital cataract
- Hypomyelination and congenital cataract - congenital cataract
- Hypoparathyroidism familial isolated - cataracts
- Hypoparathyroidism X-linked - cataract
- Hypophosphatemia - diplopia
- IBIDS syndrome - congenital cataracts
- Ichthyosis vulgaris, sex-linked, recessive - corneal opacities
- Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome - blurred vision
- Inborn amino acid metabolism disorder - cataracts
- Incontinentia Pigmenti - cataract
- Infantile spasms - broad thumbs - cataract
- Intraocular melanoma - cataract
- Iridocyclitis - blurred vision
- Iritis - blurred vision
- Johnson-Hall-Krous syndrome - cataract
- Karandikar-Maria-Kamble syndrome - cataract
- Karsch-Neugenbauer syndrome - cataract
- Keratitis - blurred vision
- Keratitis fugax hereditaria - blurred vision
- Keratitis, hereditary - blurred vision
- Keratoconus - blurred vision
- Kniest dysplasia - cataracts
- Kozlowski-Rafinski-Klicharska syndrome - cataract
- Krause syndrome - cataracts
- Langer-Nishino-Yamaguchi syndrome - cloudy corneas
- Lanzietri syndrome - congenital cataracts
- Lattice dystrophy - blurred vision
- Lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency, LCAT - corneal opacities
- Leg absence - deformity - cataract - cataract
- Leiomyomatosis of esophagus, cataract and hematuria - cataract
- Leprosy - cataract
- Leukemia, T-Cell - blurred vision
- Lidocaine toxicity - blurred vision
- Lipidosis with triglyceride storage disease - cataract
- Lithium toxicity - blurred vision
- Low-level radiation exposure - cataracts
- Lowe oculocerebrorenal syndrome - cataracts
- Lundberg II syndrome - cataract
- Lymphoma, Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue - blurred vision
- Macular degeneration
- Macular dystrophy, atypical vitelliform - blurry vision
- Macular dystrophy, corneal type 1 - corneal opacities
- Macular dystrophy, retinal, 1, North Carolina type - blurred vision
- Macular dystrophy, retinal, 3 - blurred vision
- Macular dystrophy, vitelliform - blurry vision
- Macular dystrophy, vitelliform - adult onset - blurry vision
- Macular dystrophy, vitelliform - early onset - blurry vision
- Map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy. - blurred vision
- Marfan syndrome - cataracts
- Marinesco-Sjögren I - cataract
- Marinesco-Sjogren syndrome - congenital cataract
- Marshall syndrome - cataracts
- Martsolf syndrome - cataract
- Meibomitis - blurry vision
- Melanoma of the choroid - blurred vision
- Melanoma of the ciliary body - cataract
- Mental retardation - short stature - microcephaly - eye anomalies - cataract
- Mental retardation, X-linked, Armfield type - cataracts
- Mental retardation, X-linked, Seemanova type - cataracts
- Metabolic Syndrome - blurred vision
- Methylmalonic aciduria - microcephaly - cataract - cataract
- Micro syndrome - congenital cataract
- Microcephalic osteodysplastic dysplasia, Saul-Wilson type - cataract
- Microcephalic primordial dwarfism, Toriello type - cataract
- Microcornea - cataract - coloboma syndrome - cataract
- Microphthalmia - cataract - cataract
- Microphthalmia syndromic, type 5 - cataract
- Microphthalmis, isolated, with cataract 1 - congenital cataracts
- Microphthalmis, isolated, with cataract 4 - congenital cataracts
- Midline craniofacial anomalies and morning glory disc anomaly - cataract
- Migraine - causing visual effects prior to onset of the migraine.
- Mikulicz syndrome - blurred vision
- Mikulicz's Disease - blurred vision
- Mild Traumatic Brain Injury - blurred vision
- MoyaMoya disease 1 - hemianopia
- MoyaMoya disease 2 - hemianopia
- MoyaMoya disease 3 - hemianopia
- Moyamoya Syndrome - hemianopia
- Mucoepithelial dysplasia, Witkop type - cataracts
- Mucolipidosis III - corneal opacities
- Mucolipidosis type 3 A - cloudy corneas
- Mucolipidosis type 4 - cloudy corneas
- Mucopolysaccharidoses - cloudy corneas
- Mucopolysaccharidosis I - clouding of the cornea
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type 6 - corneal opacities
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type 7 Sly syndrome - cloudy corneas
- Mucormycosis - blurred vision
- Multifocal choroiditis - blurred vision
- Multiple sclerosis - blurred vision
- Multiple system atrophy - blurred vision
- Muscle contraction headache - blurred vision
- Muscle-eye-brain syndrome - cataracts
- Myopathy mitochondrial - cataract - cataract
- Myopia
- Myotonic Dystrophy - cataracts
- Myotonic dystrophy, type 2 - cataracts
- Narrow angle glaucoma
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma - diplopia
- Nathalie syndrome - cataracts
- Near-sightedness
- Nephroangiosclerosis
- Neu-Laxova Syndrome - cataracts
- Neuropathy congenital sensory neurotrophic keratitis - corneal opacifications
- Niemann-Pick disease - corneal opacities
- Night blindness - blurred vision
- Noble-Bass-Sherman syndrome - cataract
- Nonkeratan-sulfate-excreting Morquio syndrome - corneal opacities
- Norrie syndrome - cataract
- Norum disease - corneal opacities
- Ocular melanoma - cataract
- Oculo-cerebro-acral, (Roberts-like)-ectrodactyly - cloudy cornea
- Oculocerebral hypopigmentation syndrome, type Preus - cataract
- Oculocerebral syndrome with hypopigmentation - cataracts
- Oculodentoosseous dysplasia recessive - cataracts
- Open-angle glaucoma - blurred vision
- Opitc atrophy and cataract, autosomal dominant - cataract
- Optic atrophy and cataract, autosomal dominant - cataract
- Orbital lymphangioma - blurry vision
- Orbital lymphoma - blurry vision
- Orthostatic hypotension - blurred vision
- Osteogenesis imperfecta congenita, microcephaly, and cataracts - cataracts
- Osteopetrosis lethal - cataracts
- Panuveitis - blurred vision
- Paragonimiases - lung infection - hemianopsia
- Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration - diplopia
- Pellagra-like syndrome - cataract
- Pena-Shokeir syndrome Type 2 - cataracts
- Peripheral uveitis - blurred vision
- Peters anomaly with cataract - cataract
- Phenytoin toxicity - diplopia
- PIBIDS syndrome - congenital cataracts
- Pierson syndrome - cataract
- Pineal Teratoma - blurred vision
- Pinealoma - blurred vision
- Pineoblastoma, adult - blurred vision
- Plasmalogens synthesis deficiency isolated - cataracts
- Poorly controlled diabetes
- Preeclampsia - blurred vision
- Pregnancy
- Premature aging, Okamoto type - cataracts
- Presbyopia
- Primerose syndrome - cataract
- Proximal myotonic dystrophy - cataracts
- Pseudo-torch syndrome - congenital cataract
- Pseudohypoparathyroidism - blurred vision
- Pseudoinflammatory fundus dystrophy - clouding of central vision
- Punctate inner choroidopathy - blurred vision
- Rasmussen subacute encephalitis - hemianopia
- Reese-Ellsworth syndrome - corneal opacities
- Refractive error
- Refractive eye conditions
- Refractive Eye Disorders - Blurred vision
- Refsum Disease - cataracts
- Refsum disease with increased pipecolic acidemia - cataracts
- Reiter’s syndrome - blurred vision
- Retina Conditions - Blurred vision
- Retinal detachment - blurred vision
- Retinal tear - Blurred vision
- Retinis pigmentosa - deafness - hypogenitalism - cataracts
- Retinopathy - dark spots in front of the eyes
- Retinopathy pigmentary mental retardation - cataract
- Rhabdomyosarcoma, embryonal - diplopia
- Rhabdomyosarcoma, embryonal 1 - diplopia
- Rhabdomyosarcoma, embryonal 2 - diplopia
- Rhinocerebral mucormycosis - blurred vision
- Rhinocerebral zygomycosis - blurred vision
- Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata, type 1 - cataracts
- Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata, type 2 - cataracts
- Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata, type 3 - cat