What are the symptoms for blindness?
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*  The worst blindness is the spiritual blindness of unbelievers...\n\n(Acts 26:17-18) [Jesus said] I am sending you, to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light and from the authority of Satan to God\n\n(2 Corinthians 4:3-4) If, now, the good news we declare is in fact veiled, it is veiled among those who are perishing, 4 among whom the god of this system of things has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, that the illumination of the glorious good news about the Christ, who is the image of God, might not shine through. \n\n\n*  Yet God's Kingdom will heal literal blindness too!\n\n(Isaiah 35:5) At that time the eyes of the blind ones will be opened, and the very ears of the deaf ones will be unstopped. \n\n(Psalm 146:8) Jehovah is opening the eyes of the blind ones; Jehovah is raising up the ones bowed down; Jehovah is loving the righteous ones.\n\n(Isaiah 42:16) And I will make the blind ones walk in a way that they have not known; in a roadway that they have not known I shall cause them to tread. I shall turn a dark place before them into light, and rugged terrain into level land. These are the things that I will do for them, and I will not leave them.”\n\n(Isaiah 29:18) And in that day the deaf ones will certainly hear the words of the book, and out of the gloom and out of the darkness even the eyes of the blind ones will see.\n\n(Luke 4:18) “Jehovah’s spirit is upon me, because he anointed me to declare good news to the poor, he sent me forth to preach a release to the captives and a recovery of sight to the blind, to send the crushed ones away with a release,
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This is a list I found of causes of blurry vision.  I have put a ** next to the ones that might be found on CT or MRI scans of the brain.\n\n"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. \n\nRefractive eye conditions \nMyopia \nNear-sightedness \nPresbyopia \nFar-sightedness \nUncorrected vision disorder \nWrong eyeglasses \nEye irritation (see Eye symptoms) \nDry eyes - may cause blurred vision; see the many causes of dry eyes \nEye conditions \nCataracts \nGlaucoma \nNarrow angle glaucoma \nAcute glaucoma \nMacular degeneration \nSenile macular degeneration \nDiabetic lens osmosis \nIritis \nDiabetes - due to diabetic lens osmosis or diabetic retinopathy in diabetes and diabetes-related conditions: \nUndiagnosed diabetes \nPoorly controlled diabetes \nDKA \nHHNS \nPregnancy \nMigraine - causing visual effects prior to onset of the migraine. \nAnemia - see also types of anemia \nCertain kidney conditions \nCertain nerve conditions \n**Certain brain conditions \n**Stroke \n**Transient ischemic attack \n**Temporal arteritis \nSome possible causes of intermittent blurred vision or episodes of blurred vision including: \nDiabetic lens osmosis - blurred vision due to diabetes, DKA, HHNS, etc. \nGlaucoma \nAcute angle glaucoma - usually unilateral episodic blurring. \n**Multiple sclerosis \n**Transient ischemic attacks - i.e. multiple TIAs each causing blurring of vision. \nBlood circulation disorders \nCarotid insufficiency \nAmaurosis fugax \nCarotid embolism \nAtherosclerotic emboli \nVertebrobasilar insufficiency - causing episodic blurring or double vision. \nVisual hallucinations (see Vision distortion) \nAmphetamine intoxication - in high doses. \nCertain drugs \nDigitalis toxicity \nSee also causes of double vision or other vision symptoms \nNephroangiosclerosis \nHead injury \nConcussion \nRefractive error \nAccidental poisoning - e.g. accidental ingestion of antidepressant medications \nCertain medications"\n\nhttp://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/sym/blurred_vision.htm
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Yes.  My experience was a "partially occluded retinal vein" in my left eye.  An occlusion is blockage from a blood clot.  My sudden symptom was the appearance of a gray foggy spot in the center of my vision, that sometimes faded, but never went away.  The cure was an injection of a type of steroid.  At that time I learned that if you see something that isn't there, it could have to do with a detached retina.  If you have any pain or other symptoms, you should seek medical help immediately.  Good luck.
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A person is considered legally blind when their visual acuity can not be corrected to better than 20/200 or they have 20 degrees or less (tunnel vision) of visual field remaining. Complete blindness means they have no vision at all.
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I am sorry to say that it doesn't appear that this can be cured (although I am not a doctor):\n\nExpectations (prognosis)    \nThe disorder will continue to progress, though at a very slow pace. Complete blindness is uncommon\n\nhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001029.htm#Expectations%20(prognosis)
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Oh, please do yourself a favor and get your eyes examined. Optometrists can detect many things that can cause blindness before your vision fails. You should get your eyes examined once a year, ESPECIALLY if you have glasses or if you've been diagnosed with an eye disease/condition. \n\nOn a more personal note, my father did not take this advice, and now he is nearly blind due to glaucoma that an optometrist could have detected decades ago. \n\nDo not take the risk. Get an eye exam.
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those born blind usually have irreversible causes such as anopthalmia\nsecondary causes are numerous and many can be reversible
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My guess is that this person would learn to experience life without vision at all, and thus would dream sounds, tactile sensations, etc. but would see very few visions in their dreams at all beyond those they would see during the course of a day (most blind people are not 100% sightless).
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Start with Running Eyes for the Blind: http://www.runningeyes.com/\n\nI would also get in touch with a local affiliate of the Road Runners Club of America: http://www.rrca.org/
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Hi. I have RP also. I am 35 years old and was diagnosed when I was 22. I had always been nearsighted and struggled with imperfect vision, so when I got the diagnosis - it did not really have an immediate impact on me. Now, however, I am really struggling in so many ways. Of course, there is the obvious - not being able to drive anymore - but there are many other things that have changed for me as well. I feel isolated both physically and emotionally from the rest of the world and I find that it takes so much more effort and determination to do just the normal things. I suffer socially in most situations because I bump into things and people, I trip over people's children - hurting them,  neglect to shake someones hand when it is held out for me (because I can't see it), and cannot often even follow the most mundane activities because visual cues usually guide most activities. I am exhausted from having to explainn all the time, and even though I don't want special attention - I worry that people see me as demanding it if I try to explain too much. As a result, I no longer feel like I am a part of the normal world and I often choose to remove myself from social situations. It is just exhausting, and most days, I don't have the strength to deal with it.\n\nAlso related to the issue of feeling isolated is the way people relate to you once they know you can't see much in front of your nose. I think that although most people are very well intentioned, they cannot help but be over solicitous. They start treating you differently - like something fragile, broken, or they just act afraid to say or do the wrong thing. Sometimes I get the impression that some people are uncomfortable just to even be near me. Maybe they are afraid it is contagious. Another oddity I have found is that I have often felt the pressure to be a spokesperson for blind people - needing to explain to people that, yes, blind people can actually have regular jobs, be married, have children etc. \n\nThose close to me have reacted in differing ways. My husband is very loving and supportive but totally in denial and cannot seem to remember to stop trying to hand me things - holding them out for me to grab. Drives me nuts. To my kids, I am just mom, but I think it frightens them to see me become so dependent. They forget to warn me of stairs, doorways, cars, you name it when we are out together in unfamiliar places. As a result, I am always falling, crashing into things and hurting myself.  Onlookers just think I must be mentally deficient or something. I have a sister in law who won't acknowledge my eye problem. She told me "I don't want to hear about it - there must be something you can do!" She thinks talking about it means I am whining about it. Yet another relative told me that I needed more faith in God to be cured and because I am still losing vision, my faith is not strong enough. Still other relatives open every conversation with "How are your eyes?" as if there is no more to me than my eye problem. I feel like saying, "Fine, how are your bowels?"\n\nI still work, but only marginally. Because we live in a small town, I am pretty much confined to working from home.  I do some contracting work for a news monitoring company but it is very low paying work. In the past, I was a professional with a college degree - now I am barely able to make $400 per month. This is bad for the self esteem.\n\nThe state I live in has special services for people who are visually impaired. They'll set you up with adaptive aids and teach you how to put raised stickers on your stove so you don't overheat the mashed potatoes, but there is nothing anywhere that can teach you how to be a blind person. From A-Z, I need to relearn absolutely everything and there is no resource for that. \n\nAs far as how I am doing - I am angry, frustrated and feeling utterly isolated. There are days when I feel completely useless and there ar
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There are many things that it could be and it would be impossible to know without seeing it.  Make an appointment with an optometrist or ophthalmologist to have it examined.
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Signs and symptoms of CNS Oxygen Toxicity may be any of the following --- visual disturbances, ringing in the ears, nausea, muscular twitching, irritability, dizziness, and convulsions. It is important to note that these signs and symptoms do not proceed in any particular order i.e. convulsions and subsequently death by drowning, can occur without warning.
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you need to go to a doctor.  double vision could be a bad symptom of something.
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it could be acute closed angle glaucoma ,\nwhich is a medical emergency because you could lose sight in that eye .\n\nusually  it is accompanied by \n-tummy pain\n-eye pain, the eye ball is hard like a rock.
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MS is a disease of the central nervous system. Most common presenting symptom is blurry or double vision in one eye. Another common symptom is unex[plained numbness or weakness in one part of the body.  MS can be diagnosed with the MRI of the brain or spine.  Here is a more complete list of symptoms:\n\nWeakness \nSpasticity \nNumbness (Impairment of pain, temperature, touch, senses.) \nPain (moderate to severe) \nTremor \nSpeech disturbances\nVision disturbances (double vision, optic neuritis.) \nDizziness or vertigo \nBladder, bowel or sexual dysfunction \n\n\nGo here for more details about the symptoms listed above:\n\nhttp://www.msnet.org/symptoms/mssymptoms.htm\n\nHope that helps!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyesight
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I also have a hard time reading the stuff on those blasted machines, but see just fine otherwise, if I'm controlling my diet.\n\nOne thing you may want to get checked, if you do have problems with blurred vision, is your sugar.   With sugar problems (diabetes), your vision can be clear or blurred, depending on your sugar levels.   There are simple tests your doctors can do to check your glucose levels, and it would be wise to do so.  If you have difficulty with blurred vision after eating sweets or a big meal, it may explain why you can't see at times.     Instead of getting glasses, you might need to adjust some food intake.  I wish they had checked mine years ago, instead of slapping glasses on me.\n\nGood luck to you.