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Vision Loss

Vision loss is a condition where the natural ability of vision is lost which may be partial or complete. Partial loss of vision may be corrected with glasses or contact lenses. However, underlying conditions may be responsible for the sudden loss of vision needing medical attention.

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I am concerned about vision loss. Please help.

Query: Hi doctor,I am concerned about the potential risk of blindness due to myopia or farsightedness. Can you offer personalized information on how these conditions may impact long-term eye health and what preventive measures or treatments are available to mitigate the risk of vision loss?Please help.  Read Full »


Dr. Gopal R. Damani

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. Controlling and preventing myopia from worsening is essential for several reasons. Firstly, myopia can significantly impact a child's quality of life. As nearsightedness progresses, it can lead to blurred vision, difficulty seeing objects at a ...  Read Full »

My wife has bilateral papilledema. Is MRI essential?

Query: Hi doctor, My wife was recently seen by an ophthalmologist for loss of peripheral vision in one eye and a feeling of something wrong with her eye, as though it were closed. Ophthalmologist diagnosed it as bilateral papilledema and referred to neurologist for immediate follow up. The ophthalmologist ...  Read Full »


Dr. Vaibhev Mittal

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Papilledema is swelling of optic nerve head due to increase in intracranial pressure. This pressure may be high due to some tumor or blockage of sinuses or idiopathic (without cause).The investigations required are: 1.Perimetry should be done by ophthalmologist along with...  Read Full »

What to do for the loss of vision in the right eye?

Query: Hello doctor, My right eye had lost its vision capacity and now left is losing. I have consulted a doctor and he advised me that I have almost lost my right eye and now I have to take three injections for three months, each injection in each month. Please advise me what can be done further.  Read Full »


Dr. Rahul Vaswani

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Yes, according to reports (attachment removed to protect patient identity), your right eye is suffering from a macular scar which according to current treatment modalities is now mostly untreatable. For left, which is also suffering from similar disease but the differen...  Read Full »

I was diagnosed with choroidal neovascularization. Can it be treated with Avastin injections?

Query: Hello doctor, I was diagnosed with choroidal neovascularization. How bad is that? Can it be treated with Avastin injections? Am I going to lose my sight? Please help.Thank you.  Read Full »


Dr. Priyanka

Answer: Hello,Welcome to icliniq.com.I went through your query.Pachychoroid neovasculopathy is a condition that can be diagnosed only after certain tests of the retina are done. I hope they are done. Can you please attach the images for that?It is not a scary condition. This inner layer of the eye called as...  Read Full »

Please suggest remedy for loss of vision due to left brain damage in a child.

Query: Hello doctor, I want to ask for my baby. She is 1 year old. Four months back, we met (me with my family) with a road accident. My baby's left brain got damaged and a little blood clot is there. The doctor has done one surgery. After the surgery, she lost her vision. Now she cannot see. The doctors s...  Read Full »


Dr. Manish Mahabir

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Your baby is suffering from damage to optic nerve resulting from trauma to head. The remaining potential in the optic nerve can be determined by a test called VER, visual evoked response, in which light stimulus is provided and corresponding electrical response in the b...  Read Full »

I lost vision in one of my eyes for about two minutes. Is it serious?

Query: Hello doctor, Early this morning I lost vision in one of my eyes for about two minutes. My vision then came back gradually over a period of couple of minutes. I could not see any light at all. It was not painful and I have not experienced this before. I experienced an allergic reaction to a Progeste...  Read Full »


Dr. Vaibhev Mittal

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Sudden painless transient loss of vision suspects that some vegetation got dislodged from your heart valve and blocked blood vessel supplying the eye leading to blindness and it got dislodged later with systolic heart beat leading to recovery of vision. It is better ...  Read Full »

How can my friend regain his vision lost in an accident?

Query: Hello doctor, My friend got an accident a while ago and lost a vision in the left eye. He has three issues in his left eye. There is a haem clot in the aqueous chamber of the eye. There is a membrane formation occurring there. Lastly there, is the permanent lens has got displaced from its exact loca...  Read Full »


Dr. Prashant Koranmath

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. A blood clot in aqueous will be absorbed spontaneously however if it is more it has to be surgically removed. Even membrane formation is removed surgically. Due to the displaced lens, the vision is poor. It is corrected by placing an IOL intraocular lens. There is a ...  Read Full »

Is my vision loss and appearance of floaters due to glaucoma?

Query: Hello doctor,I have been losing vision in my right eye with floaters. I visited an eye doctor who said she saw asymmetry in my optic nerves. She said this is almost always caused by glaucoma. Please help.Thank you.  Read Full »


Dr. Souhad Abdulhalim Lawand

Answer: Hello Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. Does any of your parents have glaucoma? First of all, you need to stop stressing about this. Glaucoma is a very tricky disease to diagnose and is mainly prominent in the older population. Glaucoma in the younger generation is usually congenit...  Read Full »

Do I need a cornea transplant after a corneal laceration?

Query: Hello doctor, I had a corneal laceration from 4 to 6 o clock. Last year after the cornea suture I still did not gain vision due to a traumatic cataract. I had traumatic cataract surgery last year and still, my sight has not improved. Still regarded as legally blind in one eye. My doctor said ther...  Read Full »


Dr. Rasmi Abo Touk Rifai

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. It is clear that before the cataract operation, we cannot define the sight (visual acuity) but after days of operation did you see something better, then after the YAG laser, you saw something better or not always the same vision. Is there any whiteness on the cornea...  Read Full »

My aunt had glaucoma surgery and lost vision today. Why?

Query: Hello doctor, My aunt underwent glaucoma surgery two days back, and the next day, the doctor confirmed everything was normal, and she was fine till yesterday. Today morning when she woke up, there was no vision. We rushed to the doctor; he did a few scans and said there was no internal bleeding or p...  Read Full »


Dr. Vaibhev Mittal

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Thank you for your query. I understand your concern. This blindness could be due to many reasons, like a disease of the optic nerve or visual pathway in the brain. Sudden loss is also seen in end-stage glaucoma patients after surgery, which is known as a wipe-out ph...  Read Full »

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