Question 1

cane you name some ways a teenager can go blind, slowly?

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Vision loss as teen: Asymptomatic (no pain, injury, redness) slow vision loss is likely to derive from either inherited retinal disease like retinitis pigmentosa or from central nervous system disease such as tumors affecting the visual pathways (pituitary, occipital lobe).  An ophthalmologist should be consulted to sort these out.

Question 2

a teenager can go blind, slowly?

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Yes or no: The simple way to answer the above would be yes, however, without knowing the details, it's a matter of guess at this time.

Question 3

how can a teenager go blind?

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Various Causes: There are many different causes of vision loss including injury and various medical conditions. An examination by an ophthalmologist is needed for proper diagnosis and potential treatment.

Question 4

what are the most common causes of temporary blindness?

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Temp. blindness: High intensity light, or Hysterical blindness.

Question 5

what are the most common diseases that causes blindness in children?

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Childhood blindness: Causes of childhood blindness differ from adults causes, and differ on a worldwide scale compared to causes, say, in the U.S. Worldwide causes include vitamin a deficiency, measles, retinopathy of prematurity, newborn conjunctivitis, and congenital cataract. Other causes include uncorrected refractive error, strabismus and amblyopia (lazy eye), retinoblastoma, and lebers congenital amaurosis.

Question 6

can you tell me if there are common diseases that could lead to blindness?

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Yes: The most common is diabetes in the first world  blindness can come from nutritional deficiencies (usually third world) strokes, infections, and a variety of internal eye diseases.  Partly this depends upon what you consider "common".

Question 7

what are common genetic conditions that lead to blindness?

Accepted Answer

Wide range: A few are: retinitis pigmentosa, optic nerve hypoplasia, congenital cataracts, congenital glaucoma.

Question 8

what's the most common type of color blindness?

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Red-green: Red-green colorblindness which is an x-linked trait is the most common form of colorblindedness.  It occurs almost exclusively in males who inherit it from their mothers.  The mothers are carriers who got the gene from their colorblind father.

Question 9

expert opinions? which is the most common form of color blindness?

Accepted Answer

Red-green: Most color deficiency is confusion along the red-green axis which can be complete or only involving the desaturated (less brightly colored) reds and greens.

Question 10

is it common to develop color blindness in your mid 20's?

Accepted Answer

Rare: Color deficiency is inherited at birth.  A few global diseases of the retina and rare strokes of the brain can affect color vision in an adult, but these are rare.

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