Question 1

what causes sudden blindness when standing up?

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Blood pressure: Some blurring of vision and dizziness can occur if you have orthostatic hypotension.  This is when your blood pressure suddenly drops when standing up.  This is more common if you have low blood pressure or are being treated with antihyperensive medications.  Discuss this issue with your doctor.

Question 2

what illnesses causes sudden blindness in humans?

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Many causes: There are a large number of causes of sudden blindness. Here, i assume that you mean total vision loss of one eye.  Causes include a retinal artery occlusion, giant cell arteritis, retinal detachment, ischemic optic neuropathy, stroke, optic neuritis, acute glaucoma, vitreous hemorrhage, poisoning (methyl alcohol), and trauma.  Bilateral loss is rare: occipital stroke, pituitary apoplexy.

Question 3

was wondering what illesses can cause sudden blindness in humans?

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Several: Strokes to the brain, strokes to the eye, advanced glaucoma,  and blocked retinal veins are among the many possible reasons for sudden loss of vision.

Question 4

please tell me what causes sudden blindness from both eyes?

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Many things: All of which are not very common.  Trauma would probably be the most common.  Cortical blindness from stroke could cause it.  Nutritional (or lack of) dz, although it may not be as sudden.  Drinking methanol (rubbing alcohol) would do it as well.  Tumors could cause it as well.

Question 5

what can cause sudden blindness, dizziness, difficulty breathing, and stumbling?

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Symptoms: various kinds of poisoning can cause those symptoms including alcohol, combinations of causes also. Those things you mentioned all are bad and should be seen by a doctor as soon as possible to try and determine causation

Question 6

what causes sudden blindness in one eye in the dark/low light? it resolves when i turn the light on. other eye is unchanged?

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: This symptom needs a visit to an ophthalmologist to find the cause-soon

Question 7

what causes wavy lines and blind spotsvin vision ?

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Depends: A common source of such phenomena is alterations in the health and architecture of the macula, the area of central sharp vision.  This can last a long time.  Temporary changes can occur due to migraines and vascular changes.  There are many other causes so if this is occurring, see your ophthalmologist for diagnosis.

Question 8

what causes blindness?

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Long list: Blindness can be legal (20/200 or less) or absolute (cannot see light even).  Eyes can inherit problems, get infected, traumatized and develop a host of diseases which can lower the vision such as diabetes, glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration, etc.   Take your pick.

Question 9

what disorder could cause blindness?

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Blindness: Almost any disease or its treatment can lead to blindness. This is in addition  to heredity, trauma, environmental exposure etc. Ophthalmologists either md or do specialize in these problems.

Question 10

what are the possible causes for blindness?

Accepted Answer

Too many to list: There are too many causes to list for blindness.  Most common causes are cataract, glaucoma, macular degeneration, and diabetic retinopathy.  Search online for a more lengthy list.

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