19/07/2025
How vision appears to a person with different common eye diseases. This can help raise awareness and empathy:
👁️ 1. Normal Vision
How it looks: Everything is sharp, clear, and in focus — both near and far.
Healthy retina, cornea, and lens.
🔵 2. Myopia (Nearsightedness)
Vision: Near objects are clear, but distant ones are blurry.
How it looks: Road signs, blackboards, or distant people appear foggy.
🔴 3. Hyperopia (Farsightedness)
Vision: Far objects are clear, but near ones are blurry.
How it looks: Reading a book or using a phone becomes difficult and strained.
🌫️ 4. Astigmatism
Vision: Blurry or distorted at all distances.
How it looks: Light sources may appear stretched or with halos; vision is often wavy.
🌪️ 5. Cataracts
Vision: Cloudy, foggy, or like looking through a dirty window.
How it looks: Washed out colors, glare at night, halos around lights.
⚫ 6. Glaucoma
Vision: Loss of peripheral (side) vision, like tunnel vision in advanced stages.
How it looks: Slowly narrowing field of vision, often unnoticed until it's severe.
⚫🟡 7. Diabetic Retinopathy
Vision: Blurry, with dark spots or floaters.
How it looks: Vision interrupted by black spots, bleeding, or light flashes.
🌙 8. Retinitis Pigmentosa
Vision: Gradual loss of peripheral and night vision.
How it looks: Narrow tunnel vision, poor vision in low light.
⚫🔲 9. Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
Vision: Loss of central vision, reading and face recognition affected.
How it looks: A dark or blurred spot in the center of vision.
🌈 10. Color Blindness
Vision: Difficulty in distinguishing certain colors (usually red-green or blue-yellow).
How it looks: Colors may look similar or dull; traffic lights can be confusing.
🔁 11. Amblyopia (Lazy Eye)
Vision: One eye sees blurry or has reduced vision despite using glasses.
How it looks: One eye doesn't focus well, causing poor depth perception.
⚫ Total Blindness (Complete Vision Loss)
What is it?
Total blindness means complete lack of vision in both eyes — the person cannot see light, shapes, colors, or movement. It’s also called no light perception (NLP).
How vision appears to a person with different common eye diseases. This can help raise awareness and empathy:
👁️ 1. Normal Vision
How it looks: Everything is sharp, clear, and in focus — both near and far.
Healthy retina, cornea, and lens.
🔵 2. Myopia (Nearsightedness)
Vision: Near objects are clear, but distant ones are blurry.
How it looks: Road signs, blackboards, or distant people appear foggy.
🔴 3. Hyperopia (Farsightedness)
Vision: Far objects are clear, but near ones are blurry.
How it looks: Reading a book or using a phone becomes difficult and strained.
🌫️ 4. Astigmatism
Vision: Blurry or distorted at all distances.
How it looks: Light sources may appear stretched or with halos; vision is often wavy.
🌪️ 5. Cataracts
Vision: Cloudy, foggy, or like looking through a dirty window.
How it looks: Washed out colors, glare at night, halos around lights.
⚫ 6. Glaucoma
Vision: Loss of peripheral (side) vision, like tunnel vision in advanced stages.
How it looks: Slowly narrowing field of vision, often unnoticed until it's severe.
⚫🟡 7. Diabetic Retinopathy
Vision: Blurry, with dark spots or floaters.
How it looks: Vision interrupted by black spots, bleeding, or light flashes.
🌙 8. Retinitis Pigmentosa
Vision: Gradual loss of peripheral and night vision.
How it looks: Narrow tunnel vision, poor vision in low light.
⚫🔲 9. Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
Vision: Loss of central vision, reading and face recognition affected.
How it looks: A dark or blurred spot in the center of vision.
🌈 10. Color Blindness
Vision: Difficulty in distinguishing certain colors (usually red-green or blue-yellow).
How it looks: Colors may look similar or dull; traffic lights can be confusing.
🔁 11. Amblyopia (Lazy Eye)
Vision: One eye sees blurry or has reduced vision despite using glasses.
How it looks: One eye doesn't focus well, causing poor depth perception.
⚫ Total Blindness (Complete Vision Loss)
What is it?
Total blindness means complete lack of vision in both eyes — the person cannot see light, shapes, colors, or movement. It’s also called no light perception (NLP).
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