The Blissful Chapter: How Do You Go Blind

Saturday, January 5, 2019

How Do You Go Blind

Discovering that youre losing your vision isnt an easy diagnosis for anyone to hear. First hold your eyeball perfectly still.

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However as they begin to move towards the stage of acceptance many people wonder and worry about how to prepare when youre going blind.

How do you go blind. The local Social Security office personnel do not make the disability determination. The side vision lets you know what is around you. There are many causes of blindness.

The three signs that show you could go blind. Learn about causes diagnosis treatment and more. Blindness is the inability to see things including light.

Those phases are determined by the symptoms doctors can see as well as the symptoms you might report to a doctor. Common causes of blindness include diabetes macular degeneration traumatic injuries infections of the cornea or retina glaucoma and inability to obtain any glasses. Stroke epilepsy migraine headaches brain tumors and injuries to the eye are just a few of the factors that can lead to an individual going blind.

What you should do at each stage of the disorder varies. It can be partial or complete. The first warning sign was a.

You will be able to walk around dress yourself and do. 0354 EDT 13 October 2009. We call this Substantial Gainful Activity SGA.

Reducing the Risk of Blindness The first step is to get a comprehensive eye exam starting at age 60 as recommended by the National Eye Institute or. Early intermediate and late. The American Macular Degeneration Foundation recognizes three phases of macular degeneration.

Will I go completely blind from AMD No. You could use calipers to do this or a drug that paralyses the eye muscles but my favourite method is to use my thumb and index finger. Around the macula is the retina responsible for side vision peripheral vision.

Generally if you are working and earning more than 1310 per month effective January 2021 we will not find you disabled. Visit your ophthalmologist regularly. Eighty percent of blindness occurs in people over 50 years old.

Theres no right or wrong way to handle such news and most people will experience a wide range of emotions in response. Torn retinas could cause blindness if not caught early enough. In most cases the individual has a history of eye disorders or eye diseases such as glaucoma low vision or detachment of the retinas.

African Hispanic or Asian ancestry older age family history myopia nearsightedness diabetes history. Today the most common cause of blindness from drinking is methanol. AMD affects only the central vision.

We apply a higher SGA if you are blind. Methanol otherwise known as methyl alcohol or wood alcohol can damage the. You will never go totally blind from AMD.

Eat a balanced diet rich in dark green leafy vegetables such as romaine lettuce kale and spinach yellow and orange fruits and vegetables such as cantaloupe apricots orange and yellow peppers sweet potatoes and squash and omega 6 fatty acids found in wild-caught cold-water fish like salmon.

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