Conditions, Causes and Diseases This directory is for blindness conditions, causes and diseases. Any web pages pertaining to blindness conditions, causes and diseases may post their link and a description in this category.
Prosopagnosia The condition of "face blindness," from the perspective of a person who suffers from it. http://home.earthlink.net/~blankface/prosopagnosia.shtml
National Vision Research Institute of Australia Pursues research in vision and the disorders of vision. Investigates difficult problems which require intensive and co-ordinated basic and clinical research over a long period of time. Its goal is the preservation of sight and the prevention of blindness. http://www.optometry.unimelb.edu.au/nvri/nvri.htm
MedlinePlus: Blindness Learn what it is, leading causes in the United States and around the world, and when to see a doctor. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003040.htm
Smoking can Lead to Blindness Smoking and macular degeneration, cataracts, loss of hearing, and loss of night vision. http://www.mdsupport.org/library/nosmoke.html
Prosopagnosia (Face Blindness) The author explains this particular condition and how those afflicted use other techniques to recognize people. http://www.prosopagnosia.com/
Imagination blindness Nonprofit, informational site dedicated to the Bates Method of vision education, a method to restore eyesight naturally, without surgery, drugs, or glasses. http://www.iblindness.org/
River Blindness 'Breakthrough' River blindness, which affects about 17 million people, could be wiped out with antibiotics, say scientists. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/779698.stm
Foundation Fighting Blindness - Choroideremia What is Choroideremia?
Choroideremia is a rare inherited disorder that causes progressive loss of vision due to degeneration of the choroid and retina.
What are the symptoms?
Choroideremia, formerly called tapetochoroidal dystrophy, occurs almost exclusively in males. In childhood, night blindness is the most common first symptom. As the disease progresses, there is loss of peripheral vision or “tunnel vision”, and later a loss of central vision. Progression of the disease continues throughout the individual’s life, although both the rate and the degree of visual loss can vary, even within the same family.
Read more at website... http://www.blindness.org/visiondisorders/causes.asp?type=11
