Blindness Questions

Hello
1. Retinitis pigmentosa is a progressive disease
2. Speed of progression varies from person to person. I have seen patients going bling at young age of 30 years and I have seen patients having good vision even at age of 50 yrs. So, you can go for 6 months perimetry test and that will guide you the rate of progression.

Dear,
your sister has been suffering from developement cataract. Vision will be impaired also.
She needs refractive error correction which relief headache also. If glasses r not acceptable then surgical extraction of cataract would be indicated.

-. 50 is very small number. It is not going to affect your eye sight. It's oke not to use if you r having problem with glasses. For colour vision is it only with affected eye?

How did the particle get there? it should be removed.
But it will not cause eye cancer or blindness.

Hello
1. Eye sight ness: it means vision is okay. You can see everything like people around you etc.
2. Blindness means: there is darkness all around and you cannot see anything.

Hello lybrate-user. Operations done to remove the refractive error (power) of the eyes are known as refractive surgery (laser surgery or lasik). There are certain basic criteria that most patients need to fulfill before they can safely undergo refractive surgery.
To enumerate, they are:
(1) stability of refraction: the power of the eyes should have become stable for a period of 1.5 years minimum without any change.
(2) curvature of the cornea should be tested by a technique which is ...more

Hello dear
there are many diseases for which there is no treatment available.
Your diagnosis is not clear from your description. I request you to upload your medical record for better discussion.

Hello,
get your eyes tested from an opthalmologist.
Include the following for getting better vision:
vitamins a, c, e, and minerals like copper and zinc are essential to eyesight. Get the antioxidants from dark leafy greens, egg yolks, yellow peppers, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, and carrots. Include garlic and onions. Blueberries, grapes as they have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that can help improve your vision. Dha is a fatty acid found in coldwater fish like salmon, s...more

Your question is not clear. Was cataract present in both eyes. N r you can not perceive even light fronm the mentioned eye. You need immediate ocular examination. Please. Connsult near by ophthalmologist.

Hello
1. Please do not panic
2. Watering is good and it keeps our eyes clean
it will never cause blindness.