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During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques to assess the symptom: Blindness. These will include a physical examination and possibly diagnostic tests. (Note: A physical exam is always done, diagnostic tests may or may not be performed depending on the suspected condition) Your doctor will ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to openly share any pertinent information to help your doctor make an accurate diagnosis.
It is also very important to bring an up-to-date list of all of your all medical conditions, medications including dosages, and names of numbers of any specialist you see.
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Why: may suggest transient ischaemic attacks, epilepsy, migraine and high blood pressure.
Why: unilateral blindness may occur in glaucoma, vitreous hemorrhage, optic neuritis, retinal vein thrombosis, central retinal artery thrombosis, carotid artery thrombosis, temporal arteritis, injury to the optic nerve, fractured skull, brain tumor, retinoblastoma and sphenoid ridge meningioma. Bilateral blindness may occur in posterior cerebral artery occlusion, pituitary tumor, retinitis pigmentosa, hereditary optic atrophy, uveitis, toxic amblyopia, cataracts, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis and iritis.
Why: Sudden onset of blindness may occur in optic neuritis, retinal vein thrombosis, central retinal artery occlusion, vitreous hemorrhage, detached retina, carotid artery thrombosis, temporal arteritis, injuries to the optic nerve, retrobulbar neuritis, fracture of the skull, glaucoma, posterior cerebral artery occlusion, multiple sclerosis and hysteria.
Why: e.g. central blind spot suggests macular disease or optic neuritis; glaucoma and retinitis pigmentosa can cause peripheral visual loss.
Why: e.g. diabetes increases risk of cataracts and retinal detachment; multiple sclerosis and syphilis can cause optic neuritis; migraine can cause transient blindness.
Why: e.g. myopia (short-sightedness) people are at increase risk of retinal detachment and macula degeneration.
Why: some medications can cause blindness e.g. ethambutol for tuberculosis and chloroquine for malaria may be toxic to the eyes.
Why: can cause central visual field loss due to toxic effect.
Why: can cause optic neuropathy.
Why: of Diabetes, Glaucoma, Retinitis pigmentosa, migraine, Leber's hereditary optic atrophy.
Why: indicates retinal hemorrhage or choroiditis, posterior vitreous detachment.
Why: suggests retinal detachment, posterior vitreous detachment.
Why: suggests glaucoma, cataracts.
Why: suggests migraine.
Why: suggests retinitis pigmentosa, syphilitic retinitis.
Why: suggests migraine, pituitary tumor, temporal arteritis, benign intracranial hypertension.
Why: suggests optic (retrobulbar) neuritis.
Why: suggests macula degeneration.
The following list of conditions have 'Blindness' 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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The following list of medical conditions have 'Blindness'
or similar listed as a medical complication in our database.
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