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Treatments for conversion disorder included hypnosis, psychotherapy, physical therapy, stress management, and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Treatment plans will consider duration and presentation of symptoms and may include one or multiple of the above treatments. [23] This may include the following: [24]
Flash blindness is an either temporary or permanent visual impairment during and following exposure of a varying length of time to a light flash of extremely high intensity, such as a nuclear explosion, flash photograph, lightning strike, or extremely bright light, i.e. a searchlight, laser pointer, landing lights or ultraviolet light. [1]
Temporary blindness, a type of non-permanent vision loss, may refer to: Amaurosis fugax, or fleeting blindness; Conversion disorder, formerly called hysterical blindness; Flash blindness, caused by exposure to high-intensity light.
Visual or vision impairment (VI or VIP) is the partial or total inability of visual perception.In the absence of treatment such as corrective eyewear, assistive devices, and medical treatment, visual impairment may cause the individual difficulties with normal daily tasks, including reading and walking. [6]
Several people who stood on stage with Donald Trump at his Tucson, Ariz., rally reported eye injuries after the event, saying they suffered pain and temporary blindness
The following criteria are required to classify an event as an inattentional blindness episode: 1) the observer must fail to notice a visual object or event, 2) the object or event must be fully visible, 3) observers must be able to readily identify the object if they are consciously perceiving it, [3] and 4) the event must be unexpected and the failure to see the object or event must be due ...
Causes: Weak attachments of the basal epithelium and basement membrane with the underlying Bowman's layer: Risk factors: Previous injury, corneal dystrophies (e.g., epithelial basement membrane dystrophy, and granular corneal dystrophy) Treatment: Eye lubrication, therapeutic contact lens, Phototherapeutic keratectomy, diamond burr polishing ...
Duration depends on the cause of the vision loss. Obscured vision due to papilledema may last only seconds, while a severely atherosclerotic carotid artery may be associated with a duration of one to ten minutes. [6] Certainly, additional symptoms may be present with the amaurosis fugax, and those findings will depend on the cause of the ...