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Boy, 12, is left permanently blind after consuming a junk food diet of plain hamburgers and doughnuts
A 12-YEAR-OLD boy has been left blind because he would only eat burgers ... to nutrition - like in this case - it can lead to optic nerve atrophy, which cannot be reversed. What is avoidant ...
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Risk of Blindness
If not treated, AION and PION result in atrophy of the optic nerve and potentially blindness. A faster erythrocyte sedimentation rate occurs immediately. Therapy needs to be initiated immediately ...
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Shedding light on LHON: the rare blindness affecting young adults
Blindness is a condition most readily associated ... That disorder is called Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy, or LHON. 1-4 A progressive disorder that is passed down the maternal line, LHON ...
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Malmesbury blind woman given bionic eye to help see again
A blind woman is learning to see again thanks to a new ground breaking trial involving a microchip placed in her eye. Sheila Irvine, from Wiltshire, who has geographic atrophy, is one of five in ...