Low vision care helps people who have suffered a partial loss of sight. It is often a loss of visual acuity (clarity of sight), but may also be a loss of peripheral or extreme difficulty with light or glare. A visual impairment exists when functional vision cannot be adequately corrected with eyeglasses, contact lenses, medications, or surgery. Low vision services do not cure the cause of vision loss, but can help maximize the remaining vision to its fullest potential. Low vision care does not replace the need for other treatments such as surgery or medical care.
Common causes of low vision include:
> Macular Degeneration
> Inoperable Cataract
> Glaucoma
> Vision loss from stroke, head injury, or tumor
> Albinism
> Retinities Pigmentosa
> Histoplasmosis and Toxoplasmosis
> Diabetic Retinopathy