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Blind but then she has surgery at 22 and can see clearly again. can blindness be curable?
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Depends: Some conditions can be surgically corrected with vision improvement, and others not. Obviously "she" had a correctable cause - good for her. Blindness is curable if the cause of the blindness is reversible with medication or surgery.
Answered 2/17/2014
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