Low Vision Symptoms & Solutions

Low vision symptoms include difficulty with the following:

Reading
Recognizing familiar faces
Viewing street signs
Distinguishing between colors
Seeing and distinguishing objects

What Exactly is Low Vision?

You’re typically diagnosed to have low vision when your peripheral vision is considerably damaged or if your vision is 20/70 or worse.

You may also be diagnosed as legally blind once the vision in your best eye reaches 20/200 or worse.

Understand, however, that this condition doesn’t mean you’re totally blind.

Many folks suffering with degenerative eye diseases still possess useful vision. But without low vision aids, every day activities such as watching television, reading, or driving become quite difficult.

The first signs usually appear when you see straight objects (such as fence post) becoming wavy, or curved. You may see spots or blurred areas in your vision.

Other symptoms include:

Central vision becomes degraded
Halos appearing around bright lights
Peripheral vision loss
Darkened, or shadowed, field of view

Dealing With Your Low Vision Symptoms

I understand the emotional toll losing sight causes you. I also have this disease. It’s easy to become depressed, lonely and feel as though your independence has been taken away from you.

The fact that you may be affected in a minor way all the up to being almost totally blind makes it hard for me to know the full extent to how you’ve been affected.

I’m happy to tell you that there are solutions, no matter the severity of your loss of eyesight.

The first thing to realize is that you’re not alone. Millions of people all around the world suffer from some form of eye disease, whether it be macular degeneration, cataracts, glaucoma, or retinitis pigmentosa.

This means there are support groups to help you through your journey of understanding and acceptance.

Once I accepted my condition, I was then free to look for solutions and learn how to live independently. You can do this, too!

Although low vision can’t be fixed through the use of contact lenses, eyeglasses, surgery or pharmaceuticals, there are a variety of technological advancements that have made living with low vision symptoms easier.

If you’d like to learn about which tools and high tech gear, as well as where to get help in terms of funding and grants, I encourage you to fill out the form below.

I’ll send you enlightening information on how you can use technology to live and independent and enriching life.