Visual loss


Disease modifying treatment available:
Time critical diagnosis and management:
Lateralising:


Synonyms

  • Blindness
  • Amaurosis fugax


Definition

Any reduction in visual acuity or field.




Taxotomy

Subclassifications Epidemiology Clinical features
Visual field defect None
Monocular visual loss None
Binocular visual loss None



Aetiology

None

Disorder Clinical features Associated features Investigations Disease modifying treatment available Time critical
Coenzyme Q10 deficiency Cerebellar ataxia
Myopathy
Nephrotic syndrome
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease Headache
Alopecia
Vitiligo
Hearing loss
Nausea
Retinal detachment
Uveitis
Poliosis
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome Headache
Seizure
Reduced conscious level
Pre-eclampsia
Eclampsia
Hypertension
Anterior uveitis Photophobia
Anisocoria
Red eye
Ankylosing spondylitis
Glaucoma Headache
Photophobia
Red eye
Norrie disease Intellectual disability
Cataracts
Cataplexy



Clinical features


None





Treatment


None





Research


Open questions

None