Hallucination vs. Illusion: Hallucination is sensory perception of things that are not there and persist with eye closure. Illusion is misperception of viewed objects. What is Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS)? CBS is classified under hallucination and may occur in patients with visual acuity loss, visual field loss or reduced contrast sensitivity (1, 2). It may […]
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Age/Sex/Race 53 years old Hispanic male Chief Complaint “My vision started getting blurry in right eye about five days ago. I see this red spot in my vision that is moving.” Medical History Last exam was about 1 and 1.5 years ago. Patient said he was diagnosed with insulin-dependent diabetes in 1992. He said that
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We’ve been waiting for a while now for the other shoe to drop about exactly how nutritional supplementation affects the progression of non-exudative age-related macular degeneration. Back in 2001, the original National Eye Institute’s Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) gave us some answers while also raising even more questions. The study showed that some vitamin
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Before getting into the myths and facts of low vision, let’s define some terms that are often confused in this area of specialty. • Visual impairment: According to the American Optometric Association, visual impairment is a functional limitation of the eye(s) or visual system & can manifest as reduced visual acuity or contrast sensitivity, visual
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Age/Sex/Race 45 year old Caucasian male Chief Complaint Blur at distance for awhile, left eye worse than right eye Sometimes his left eye hurts Medical History Last exam 1 month ago and everything was normal NKDA Ocular History Uses readers for near Retinal detachment in left eye 15 years ago (I found this out when
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Kimia Letafat of SUNY 2013 is the winner of the January 2013 Clinical Case Review. This is the premier resource for optometry students to post their most interesting optometric clinical cases online for all to see. A winner will be chosen monthly and will receive a clinical gift bundle, an official certificate signed by the founder of OptometryStudents.com
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“Vision is the trigger mechanism controlling the athlete’s first move.” – Martin WF: What the coach should know about the vision of athletes “If an athlete is not visually fit, he is certainly not physically fit.” – Garner AI: Visual aid prescribing for the athlete The two statements above were reiterated in a must-read article titled “Overview
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Imagine if you lost the ability to see; how would you be able to tell the time when you can’t even see the clock? How would you read the newspaper, navigate through your phone, or read your e-mail? How would you cook dinner, when you cannot see the dials on the stove, follow the instructions
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To see first hand the importance of vision care in a community who do not have easy access to these basic needs was one experience I shall never forget. With the help with the Lions Club and Miami Dade Vision Care program, I had a great opportunity to travel to the island of Jamaica, to provide
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