Blindness is severe or complete loss of vision that cannot be corrected by conventional refractive means, ranging through grades of visual impairment defined by visual acuity and visual-field criteria. Its causes are diverse and include cataract, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, corn…
Blindness is severe or complete loss of vision that cannot be corrected by conventional refractive means, ranging through grades of visual impairment defined by visual acuity and visual-field criteria. Its causes are diverse and include cataract, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, corneal disease, retinopathy of prematurity, and nutritional deficiency, several of which are preventable or treatable if detected early. In many low-resource settings, vitamin A deficiency remains an important cause of childhood ocular morbidity and avoidable blindness, while infectious, vascular, and neuro-ophthalmic disease also contribute. Beyond the biological insult, blindness imposes substantial functional, psychological, and socioeconomic burden, and its prevention depends on access to eye-care services, screening, and management of underlying systemic conditions. Research published in this area by the journal addresses these dimensions, including accessibility and barriers to ophthalmic services in rural communities, ocular manifestations of vitamin A deficiency among preschool children, glaucoma literacy in a general population, phytochemical approaches to age-related macular degeneration, identification of eyes at risk for severe retinopathy of prematurity, chiasmal lesions with ocular manifestations, and the influence of visual impairment on quality of life. These contributions span preventive ophthalmology, nutritional eye disease, service accessibility, and the clinical management of conditions that threaten sight.
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