These problems with seeing are called visual field defects. Visual field defects can make it difficult for people to function normally - especially moving about freely, avoiding obstacles, reading, ...

What are some of the reasons why visual field loss progresses in patients with normal-tension glaucoma despite medical treatment?

Specific visual field loss patterns are associated with a patient's higher risk for different glaucoma subtypes.

Aims To characterise the association between visual field (VF) defects and myopic macular degeneration (MMD) in highly myopic adults without glaucoma. Methods Participants (n=106; 181 eyes) with high ...

Both central visual acuity, determined by foveal function, and the paracentral visual field, determined by retinal neural sensitivity surrounding the fovea, are implicated in achieving good QOV and ...

Caution should be exercised when treating advanced glaucoma patients with significantly constricted fields, NTG patients with central or paracentral visual field defects, patients with ...

Higher mean blood pressure (BP) levels were associated with faster rates of visual field progression in patients with glaucoma, according to a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT Optic neuritis is an important cause of unilateral and acute visual loss in young adults, but other differential diagnoses should be considered, especially when the disease has an atypical ...

Patients with genetic risk for different glaucoma subtypes had an associated risk for different visual field defects, according to a study.

Learn what a visual field is, how to test it, when to test it, and what different types of tests can be used to test the visual field.

Visual snow is a neurologic condition in which a person’s vision is altered in several ways, chief among them is seeing innumerable small flickering dots where none exist. Researchers have ...

Background: Visual field defect (VFD) refers to the phenomenon that the eye is unable to see a certain area within the normal range of vision, which may be caused by eye diseases, neurological ...