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With respect to embolic and hemodynamic causes, this transient monocular visual loss ultimately occurs due to a temporary reduction in retinal artery, ophthalmic artery, or ciliary artery blood flow, leading to a decrease in retinal circulation which, in turn, causes retinal hypoxia. [10]
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]
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]
Recently, central serous chorioretinopathy has been understood to be part of the pachychoroid spectrum. [5] [6] In pachychoroid spectrum disorders, of which CSR represents stage II, the choroid, the highly vascularized layer below the retina, is thickened and congested with increased blood vessel diameter, especially in the deep choroid (the so-called Haller's layer).
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.
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 ...
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Anterior Stromal Puncture with a 20-25 gauge needle is an effective and simple treatment. [citation needed] An option for minimally invasive and long-term effective therapy [9] is laser phototherapeutic keratectomy. Laser PTK involves the surgical laser treatment of the cornea to selectively ablate cells on the surface layer of the cornea.