LOW VISION EXISTS WHEN A PERSON HAS POOR OR DECREASED VISION, WHICH IMPAIRS THE PERSON'S ABILITY TO FUNCTION AS EASILY AS HE OR SHE WOULD LIKE.  THE DECREASE IN VISION CANNOT BE IMPROVED BY SURGICAL MEANS, PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT, CONVENTIONAL EYEGLASSES OR CONTACT LENSES.

 LOW VISION PATIENTS CAN GENERALLY BE HELPED TO USE THEIR REMAINING VISION THROUGH SPECIALIZED OPTICAL AND NON-OPTICAL SYSTEMS, WHICH ARE PRESCRIBED DURING A LOW VISION EVALUATION.

 NOT ALL LOW VISION PATIENTS ARE LEGALLY BLIND.  AS A MATTER OF FACT, MOST LOW VISION PATIENTS HAVE USEFUL REMAINING VISION.

WHAT ARE SOME CAUSES OF LOW VISION ?     

THERE ARE MANY CAUSES OF LOW VISION.  THESE INCLUDE OCULAR DISEASE PROCESSES SUCH AS MACULAR DEGENERATION, GLAUCOMA, INOPERABLE CATARACTS AND MANY OTHER EYE DISEASES.  THERE ARE ALSO SYSTEMIC DISEASES SUCH AS DIABETES OR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE WHICH MAY IMPAIR VISION.  OTHER CAUSES FOR LOW VISION ARE EYE TRAUMA (ACCIDENTS),  GENETIC OR HEREDITARY PROBLEMS, OR CONGENITAL PROBLEMS.

 MOST LOW VISION PATIENTS, REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OF THEIR  REDUCED VISION, CAN IMPROVE THEIR VISUAL FUNCTION WITH THE USE OF SPECIALIZED LOW VISION DEVICES.  YOUR CONDITION USUALLY RESPONDS WELL TO THE SPECIALIZED OPTICAL AND NON-OPTICAL DEVICES PRESCRIBED DURING  THE LOW VISION EVALUATION.  

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