With the rise of life expectancy and socio-demographic status, various countries around the globe are also witnessing people living into adulthood and a chronic shift in the disease burden towards disabilities and non-communicable diseases. A common problem identified is unemployment which includes an uncorrected refractive error in cataracts and other types of blindness book surgeries and distance in of spectacles are among one of the most cost-effective interventions currently available.
Presently it is reported that cataract and uncorrected refractive error are a few of the common vision impairment problems which are rising alarmingly all over the world. In 2013 Global Action Plan aimed to reduce available vision impairment which is also known as the reduction in moderate or words vision impairment from undercorrected refractive errors and cataracts by 25% between the years 2010 and 2019. Individuals aging from 50 years and above are prone to these kinds of diseases. In 2020 it was reported that over 15 Million individuals approximately are affected by various types of blindness.
There is more to blindness than only lack of sight.
• CV1
Cortical/Cerebral Visual Impairment is one of the major causes of modern-day blindness in kids like any other form of visual impairment. CVI is a brain-based disorder which often used with an additional Visual impairment. Presently, CVI is also one of the fastest-growing causes of blindness in children. Children with CVI can improve vision to varying degrees if it is identified at early stages.
• Macular Degeneration
Macular degeneration is a type of visual impairment that is found in adults and it deteriorates the central vision of an individual. Also, this is a genetic disorder found in children and another leading cause of vision impairment. Macular degeneration can be identified through an eye screening or from a visual exam at various levels.
• Retinitis Pigmentosa
It is a genetic disorder that affects up to one in every four thousand people in the US and across Europe according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Individuals with this eye condition often have trouble with seeing at night and also experience a peripheral loss of vision due to gradual breakdown in cells of the retina. It is most commonly detected in very early childhood and it can also lead to talk blindness in later life. People who are diagnosed with this condition must understand the effects and circulation of this disease to optimize the fatalities in the future.
• Retina of Prematurity
It is an idea that occurs in babies who are born prematurely. This happens when blood in the eye leaks or bleeds, resulting in scarring of the eye and retinal detachment. Surgeries can lessen the severity of the visual loss but, when children are born with this condition might have little or almost no vision. The seriousness of vision loss is often connected to this kind of condition but, people who are diagnosed with this condition can carry out a normal life with various aids.
• Severe Glaucoma
It causes mostly in people over 60 years of age although it can happen at any age. Glaucoma damages the optic nerve, it happens due to abnormally high pressure in the eye. If glaucoma is recognized in the early stage, vision loss could be prevented or slowed down with life-long treatment.
• Vision Loss due to Stroke
Eye stroke is also called retinal artery occlusion which is caused by a clot and narrowing of the retina's blood vessels. This causes due to interrupted blood flow in the eye vein that ultimately leads to loss of sight and permanent damage.
• Optic nerve damage due to Accident
Optical nerves are vulnerable to direct & indirect trauma caused by functional impairment of vision. Optic nerve injuries occur in case of sudden head injury caused by accidents.
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