“Strange” Eye Conditions: Complete Blindness

This is our final adventure into eye conditions.  It’s time to start writing about other things.  Hope you enjoy this last part of the series. *** httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALSjGpG9bwM *** Source: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003040.htm Blindness is a lack of vision. It may also refer to a loss of vision that cannot be corrected with…

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“Strange” Eye Conditions: Colour Blindness

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUsups6Mk3I *** Source: http://www.colourblindawareness.org/colour-blindness/ What is colour blindness? Colour (color) blindness (colour vision deficiency, or CVD) affects approximately 1 in 12 men (8%) and 1 in 200 women in the world. In Britain this means that there are approximately 2.7 million colour blind people (about 4.5% of the entire population),…

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“Strange” Eye Conditons: Macular Degeneration

This runs in my family.  Maybe I’ll get lucky and not get it. *** Source: http://chealth.canoe.ca/channel_condition_info_details.asp?disease_id=84&channel_id=2022&relation_id=16451 The macula is a tiny circle in the middle of the retina, a light-sensitive membrane that lines the inside of the back of the eye. In older people, it sometimes begins to deteriorate or…

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