Traumatic Brain Injury And Related Vision Issues.
Over 8 million head injuries occur each year according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Modern medicine saves the vast majority of these people. Many traumatic brain injury survivors suffer from visual problems ranging from dry eyes to visual field loss to double vision. Many patients with visual problems after a head injury fail to receive adequate vision rehabilitation.
Brain injury may affect vision in many ways, including loss of visual field, spatial disorders, vertigo, dizziness and more. Patient may experience visual spatial disorders. When certain portions of the brain are damaged, the patient may fail to appreciate space to the left side.
Following injury to the brain, eye movements may become more jerky in nature. Nystagmus, a jerky motion of the eyes, may occur. Nystagmus results in a vertigo-like sensation. Damage to the brain stem may result in dizziness.
Dry eyes may occur after brain injury. Artificial tears or will usually control the problem.
Memory is often impaired after head injury. A person may no longer be able to recognize faces or letters. A common visual effect of brain injury is the loss of one's ability to see to the side. The most common form of field of vision loss is loss of half of the field of vision in each eye.
Light sensitivity is variable. Some patients have severe light sensitivity and others have no such problem. Tinted eyewear, may aid the patient.
Patients with field loss may benefit from the Visual Field Awareness System or the Peli Lens. Both of these systems increase the patient's ability to detect objects on the side of their visual field. Ocular convergence, or bringing the eyes together, is frequently impaired in brain injury. Orthoptic therapy may aid this problem.
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Evan Aidman is the founder and principal of the Law Offices of Evan K. Aidman. Mr. Aidman received a Bachelor's Degree in psychology from the University of Florida where he was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society after compiling a near perfect scholastic record. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, an Ivy League Institution, in 1983.
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