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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Visual impairment

Visual impairment

  • Sight degeneration
  • Partial loss of vision

Broader

Visually impaired persons
Excellent
Symptoms of sense organ diseases
Yet to rate
Eye diseases and disorders
Yet to rate

Narrower

Night blindness
Presentable
Macular degeneration
Presentable
Hallucinogen-persistent perception disorder
Presentable
Impairments of visual acuity
Unpresentable
Impairments of the visual field
Unpresentable
Blurred vision
Unpresentable
Blindness
Unpresentable
Temporary visual impairment
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Physical blindness
Excellent

Aggravated by

Vestibular disorders
Presentable
Trachoma
Presentable
Ischaematic optic neuropathy
Presentable
Elaeophorosis
Unpresentable
Pituitary tumours
Yet to rate

Strategy

Preventing avoidable blindness
Presentable

Value

Vision
Yet to rate
Loss
Yet to rate

Reference

Ainlay, Stephen: Day Brought Back My Night: aging and new vision loss

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Medicine » Eyesight
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    E4196
    DOCID
    11541960
    D7NID
    151554
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020