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Childhood blindness
Childhood blindness has many causes, including infections in the womb by measles, vitamin A deficiency, or prematurity.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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A 47-year old asked:
What diseases can cause blindness in childhood?
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A 56-year old asked:
Noticed my eye pupil became white. A lil pain and discomfort. Was always nearly blind from childhood. Recently loss vision?
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A 74-year old male asked:
I am blind in one eye and need cataract surgery. I have been blind (accident as a 5-year-old, I have had 5 surgeries in childhood.). I need surgery. I am 74 years old and my sight is getting worse. I wear and need glasses also bi-focals, help?
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What causes blindness in children in africa?
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Can all children who suffer scarlett fever often go blind later in their lives?
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How do you find out if a child has congenital blindness and at what age do you find this out?
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A 39-year old asked:
How is it that children could not take colour blind tests?
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Signs of child being color blind?
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A 29-year old asked:
What sort of disease or condition might cause blindness in a child?
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What are the most common diseases that causes blindness in children?
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A 37-year old asked:
How do they test a child for color blindness?
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A 35-year old asked:
If i carry the gene that causes people to be color blind, shoud I have children?
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Child suffering from cortical blindness with seizures. Is any cure available for seizure?
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If a child is cross eyed, does that mean he is blind in one eye?
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A 31-year old female asked:
My husband had an eye accident when he was a child and the last surgery that he had, the doctor cut through his central vision while trying to repair his retina, so he is blind in that eye. The eye is shrinking. Can shrinking & blindness be fixed?
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What is the rate of occurrence of color blindness in the u.S.?
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A 38-year old female asked:
How can I get blind ?
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Could blind people have visual dreams?
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Are there support groups for blind vets?
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Do blind people imagine images in their minds?
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How should I support someone who may go blind?
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What do impatient blind rehabilitation centers do?
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I'm 18 and worried i might be going blind. What do I do?
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Could somebody be blind after seeing 30mw laser directly or by reflection?
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What is the blind spot?
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Can you go blind from ms?
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How can a teenager go blind?
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Can adult blindness be cured?
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What diopter is legally blind?
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