Nyctalopia or night blindnessCongenital stationary nightDeficiencySymptomRetinitisVisionZincNight'sAdjust to darknessPoorlyTemporaryLight or darknessDifficultyPeopleResistanceDependsEyesPrecautionsAdaptation to darknessRetinaLackSevereEncounterAdequate amountsBirthHeadlightsLiverContentDarkSuddenCompleteCasesSunglassesLensesDifficultPreventPoetryDaytimeLossTotalTroubleHarderTimeGlassesCondition does notProblems
Nyctalopia or night blindness2
- If you have a vitamin A deficiency, you will develop nyctalopia or night blindness. (theinternetisvast.com)
- With our PIR ceiling light, you don't need to fumble for the switch in darkness any more that may help you avoid any danger of tumble, especially useful for children, the elderly and people with nyctalopia or night blindness. (worbest.com)
Congenital stationary night3
- In X-linked congenital stationary night blindness, from birth the rods either do not work at all, or work very little, but the condition does not get worse. (wikipedia.org)
- Congenital stationary night blindness is also an ophthalmologic disorder in horses with leopard spotting patterns, such as the Appaloosa. (wikipedia.org)
- Congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB) is usually diagnosed based on the owner's observations, but some horses have visibly abnormal eyes: poorly aligned eyes (dorsomedial strabismus) or involuntary eye movement (nystagmus). (wikipedia.org)
Deficiency7
- Night blindness may exist from birth, or be caused by injury or malnutrition (for example, vitamin A deficiency). (wikipedia.org)
- Another cause of night blindness is a deficiency of retinol, or vitamin A1, found in fish oils, liver and dairy products. (wikipedia.org)
- The body synthesizes rhodopsin from vitamin A, which is why a deficiency in vitamin A causes poor night vision. (wikipedia.org)
- Marked deficiency of vitamin A may lead to night blindness, and subsequently suitable amounts of vitamin A can help correct it too. (topdoctorsonline.com)
- Night blindness may be an early sign of vitamin A deficiency. (kaiserpermanente.org)
- Supplementing with beta-carotene, which the body converts into vitamin A, help correct such a deficiency and improve night blindness. (kaiserpermanente.org)
- The "golden rice" is a genetically engineered to contain higher amounts of vitamin A (Anderson, Jackson, & Nielsen, 2005).In states of vitamin A deficiency, both the time needed to adapt to darkness as well as the ability to see in poor light is impaired. (niagarafallshypnosiscenter.com)
Symptom3
- The primary symptom of night blindness is impaired vision during the night or in times of darkness. (naturalcures.com)
- Because of the need for more light to see, driving at night can cause difficulty and may be the first symptom you notice. (valuedpt.com)
- Subtle, yet progressive, night blindness is the earliest symptom of AMD . (maculogix.com)
Retinitis1
- If you suspect you suffer from retinitis pigmentosa , seek medical attention immediately, because, if left untreated, it can lead to a progressive loss of sight and even complete blindness. (naturalcures.com)
Vision35
- Since the outer area of the retina is made up of more rods than cones, loss of peripheral vision often results in night blindness. (wikipedia.org)
- Refractive "vision correction" surgery (especially PRK with the complication of "haze") may rarely cause a reduction in best night-time acuity due to the impairment of contrast sensitivity function (CSF) which is induced by intraocular light-scatter resulting from surgical intervention in the natural structural integrity of the cornea. (wikipedia.org)
- Night blindness is poor vision at night or in dim light. (mountsinai.org)
- Does using corrective lenses improve night vision? (mountsinai.org)
- Cao D. Color vision and night vision. (mountsinai.org)
- Night blindness, as its name implies, is a condition in which vision becomes impaired during the night or in times of darkness, making it difficult, and in some cases, impossible to distinguish objects or read signs. (naturalcures.com)
- Impaired vision in low light or darkness. (topdoctorsonline.com)
- Additionally, if you have prescription lenses in normal day glasses, it is important to ensure that you visit your optician or ophthalmologist to obtain prescription night vision glasses for driving - especially if you are really finding it difficult to deal with the glare from headlights or reflections that come from wearing glasses to correct your sight while driving. (jds.cz)
- bucked the trend and produced a pair of night vision glasses that many of us would wear during the day for reading. (jds.cz)
- If you're looking for a set of night driving glasses that can fit over your existing prescription eyewear, the Duco Night Vision Polarized Driving Glasses are a great option for you. (jds.cz)
- A: Night vision glasses - or goggles - are different from night driving glasses. (jds.cz)
- If you're looking for a sporty, lightweight pair of glasses that can do double duty as night vision glasses and sports glasses, check out the FAGUMA Sports Polarized Sunglasses. (jds.cz)
- Blupond Night Driving Glasses - The Best Anti-Glare HD Night Vision Driving Glasses on the List Knight Visor, the manufacturer, says that these Blupond Night Driving Glasses are not exactly designed to improve your vision, at least not instantly. (jds.cz)
- Yen Jean is a rimless night vision glasses ideal for driving especially in the dark or during night time. (jds.cz)
- You may not be aware that you are suffering poor vision at night because it may seem normal to you. (valuedpt.com)
- The fluctuations in light with street lights, periods of darkness and the headlights of oncoming cars can make it difficult for your eyes to adapt causing blurry vision, sensitivity to the glare and an inability to see clearly what is ahead, making it an anxious time for you. (valuedpt.com)
- Caused by damage to the optic nerve, glaucoma can result in blind spots and blurry vision that can lead to total blindness. (valuedpt.com)
- A lack of vitamin A can have an impact on your vision and result in night blindness. (valuedpt.com)
- What can I do to minimise the development of poor night vision? (valuedpt.com)
- There are things you can put into place to help keep your eyes healthy and lessen your chances of developing poor vision at night. (valuedpt.com)
- Older adults have fewer rod cells - light receptors in the retina responsible for the black-and-white vision that's essential for night driving. (coxautoservice.net)
- A number of changes occur in the eye that can affect night driving vision, including: Pupils shrink and don't dilate as much the dark as we age, reducing the amount of light entering the eye. (coxautoservice.net)
- Whatever the case, senior drivers must take extra precautions when driving at night to accommodate their changing vision. (coxautoservice.net)
- Lenses for driving at night can be very beneficial and can help to solve a number of vision problems, not to mention helping you to feel more confident and comfortable on the road. (coxautoservice.net)
- This is a great way to have sharper vision without limiting your time driving at night in the dark. (cashforyourjunkcar.org)
- Symptoms include difficulty seeing when driving in the evening or at night, poor vision in reduced light, and feeling that the eyes take longer to "adjust" to seeing in the dark. (kaiserpermanente.org)
- It may have even been stretched to say that if you ate enough of them you might develop night vision. (theinternetisvast.com)
- Eating carrots would correct this and improve your night vision, but only to the point of an ordinary healthy person - it won't ever let you see in complete darkness. (theinternetisvast.com)
- The British Army used propaganda to trick the Germans in World War II that the reason they suddenly got better at shooting down nazi aircraft flying over London at night was because British pilots were eating a surplus of carrots to improve their eyesight and develop night vision. (theinternetisvast.com)
- Yet at most, carrots can get people with bad night vision slightly back to normal. (theinternetisvast.com)
- In the past, optometrists would assume that these night vision complaints are due to early cataracts or the aging process. (maculogix.com)
- More recent evidence suggests that a night vision complaint is a red flag for the possibility of early age-related macular degeneration (AMD). (maculogix.com)
- It is surely a reason for us to dig deeper into whether the cause of this reduced night vision is poor dark adaptation. (maculogix.com)
- As photoreceptor cells die, it becomes harder for the eyes to adjust to darkness and night vision declines. (maculogix.com)
- Nearly two-thirds of older adults will report having trouble seeing at night as they age, yet 78% are not diagnosed with AMD until irreversible vision loss occurs. (maculogix.com)
Zinc1
- Zinc helps night blindness in people who are zinc-deficient. (kaiserpermanente.org)
Night's2
- This darkness brought a moment of rest and reflection, and a philosophy of understanding one's place in the universe by looking up at the night's sky. (ecolandscaping.org)
- Entrenched in the night's darkness, Pelayo explores and subverts natural phenomena and makes us reconsider & ruminate on our fears. (bookstr.com)
Adjust to darkness1
- It helps your eyes adjust to darkness and prevents night blindness. (drranimenon.com)
Poorly3
- Individuals with night blindness not only see poorly at night but also require extra time for their eyes to adjust from brightly lit areas to dim ones. (wikipedia.org)
- Night blindness (nyctalopia) occurs when a person has significant difficulty seeing in poorly lit environments. (jds.cz)
- People with night blindness (also called impaired dark adaptation) see poorly in the darkness but see normally when adequate amounts of light are present. (kaiserpermanente.org)
Temporary2
- citation needed] Historically, nyctalopia, also known as moonblink, was a temporary night blindness believed to be caused by sleeping in moonlight in the tropics. (wikipedia.org)
- If not so sure, you would have thought this complete darkness was due to your temporary blindness. (fictionontheweb.co.uk)
Light or darkness1
- Low vitamin A intake is linked to night blindness, affecting people's ability to see in low light or darkness. (righthealthindia.com)
Difficulty1
- Difficulty seeing at night happens when these rod cells aren't working well. (valuedpt.com)
People5
- Like rheumatism, night blindness was viewed as a condition that could be easily faked or exaggerated, and initially, people with night blindness were regarded with some suspicion. (wikipedia.org)
- People with night blindness often have trouble seeing stars on a clear night or walking through a dark room, such as a movie theater. (mountsinai.org)
- Something about being in total darkness seemed to loosen up people too: a restaurant in Zürich usually isn't that boisterous, but it sure was in there - people were laughing loudly, and occasionally shouting! (justhungry.com)
- You may be finding it difficult to distinguish objects or recognise people at night. (valuedpt.com)
- As it is naturally more difficult for short-sighted people to see things clearly in the distance, it can also affect the ability to see clearly at night. (valuedpt.com)
Resistance1
- Abnormal visual adaptation to darkness, dry skin, dry hair, broken fingernails, and decreased resistance to infections are among the first signs of VAD. (medscape.com)
Depends1
- However, QingZhang eye drops DO NOT provide 100% guarantee on curing all cases of blindness since the success rate of the healing depends on the individual body condition, lifestyles, environment, occupation, seriousness of the eye illnesses and other factors. (remedy4eye.com)
Eyes5
- It was just like having ones eyes closed at night. (justhungry.com)
- You may be finding that increasingly your eyes are having trouble adjusting in dim light, or at night. (valuedpt.com)
- Not getting enough Vitamin A may lead to night blindness, a condition in which the eyes have trouble adjusting to darkness. (betterbacks.com)
- Time to go into the dark where the night has eyes to recognize its own. (sagecohen.com)
- Research shows that dark adaptation , the ability of our eyes to adjust from light to darkness, is compromised from the earliest stages of AMD and impairment increases as the disease progresses. (maculogix.com)
Precautions1
- It is important that if you are suffering from night blindness that you take precautions to keep yourself and others safe, particularly if you are struggling with driving at night. (valuedpt.com)
Adaptation to darkness1
- It can be described as insufficient adaptation to darkness. (wikipedia.org)
Retina3
- Sufficient quantities of vitamin A are needed for proper functioning of retina and to see properly during night time. (topdoctorsonline.com)
- We mentioned before that night blindness is caused when the rod cells in the retina are not functioning well or are damaged. (valuedpt.com)
- Some researchers have estimated that the retina of an 80-year-old receives far less light than the retina of a 20-year-old, making older drivers function as though they are wearing sunglasses at night. (coxautoservice.net)
Lack1
- Night driving is always more dangerous because of the lack of visibility on the highway when you're driving in darkness during the evening hours. (cashforyourjunkcar.org)
Severe2
- How severe is the night blindness? (mountsinai.org)
- For some drivers, the effect could be as severe as wearing sunglasses while driving at night. (coxautoservice.net)
Encounter2
- For him, the encounter with the darkness will also be a confrontation with his own imagination. (piecsmakow.pl)
- My first encounter with Dark Was The Night was while watching, and then listening to the soundtrack album of, Piero Paulo Pasolini's The Gospel According To St. Matthew --or as it is known in Sicily kickin' Bootsville, Il Vangelo de Matteo --which is, in my humble opinion, the Greatest. (metafilter.com)
Adequate amounts1
- Eating a diet with adequate amounts of Vitamin A may help prevent night blindness. (topdoctorsonline.com)
Birth1
- Blindness since birth. (topdoctorsonline.com)
Headlights5
- The lenses within these yellow glasses for night driving are polarized so that reflections are kept to a minimum, while the yellow tint seeks to diminish blue light that comes from full beam headlights. (jds.cz)
- Add to that the glare of headlights and night driving can be unnerving enough to keep you off the road. (coxautoservice.net)
- Is it better to drive with headlights at night? (coxautoservice.net)
- Even with headlights, it will be more difficult to see what is ahead of you on the road at night time. (coxautoservice.net)
- Headlights, high beams and fog lights are designed to help drivers see at night, but they can also produce adverse effects. (coxautoservice.net)
Liver1
- Early observations by ancient Egyptians recognized that night blindness could be treated with consumption of liver. (medscape.com)
Content1
- And you would have thought, great, now this is the backwash of last night , faintly recalling the rumor you heard back in high school that someone drank the content of a laboratory alcohol burner lamp and turned blind. (fictionontheweb.co.uk)
Dark2
- Ry Cooder once said Dark Was The Night--Cold Was The Ground was the most soulful, transcendent piece of American music recorded in the 20th Century. (metafilter.com)
- God beat the dark night of Death and lit up the world with the resurrection. (wdtprs.com)
Sudden1
- Neither mentioned the late night phone call during Edith's nocturnal visit nor Cynthia's sudden, unannounced return. (yourdictionary.com)
Complete1
- You wake up in complete darkness. (fictionontheweb.co.uk)
Cases2
- Milder cases may just have a harder time adapting to darkness. (mountsinai.org)
- In many cases of night blindness, these symptoms disappear during daylight. (naturalcures.com)
Sunglasses3
- iLumen8 High-Definition Night Driving Glasses, ATTCL Metal-Frame Polarized Driving Sunglasses. (jds.cz)
- The advanced technologies used in the brand's night driving sunglasses are quite impressive. (jds.cz)
- Why do older drivers wear sunglasses at night? (coxautoservice.net)
Lenses2
- The right lenses for night driving can give you back some independence, which for many can be life-changing. (coxautoservice.net)
- Recent advancements that have been made also offer more visibility to drivers and include high-definition eyeglass lenses for driving at night. (cashforyourjunkcar.org)
Difficult4
- from Ancient Greek νύκτ- (núkt-) 'night', ἀλαός (alaós) 'blind, invisible', and ὄψ (óps) 'eye'), also called night-blindness, is a condition making it difficult or impossible to see in relatively low light. (wikipedia.org)
- In the presence of artificial light at night, birds have been known to lower their altitude of migration, especially when cloud coverage makes astronavigation difficult. (ecolandscaping.org)
- Medications for glaucoma can also constrict the pupil making it difficult to see at night. (valuedpt.com)
- Driving during the darker hours of the day can be difficult when you have night blindness. (kaiserpermanente.org)
Prevent1
- Although you should prevent distractions while driving at any time of the day, driving at night requires even more focused attention. (coxautoservice.net)
Poetry1
- This fantastic bundle of poetry by Cynthia Pelayo is a direct response to the poet, Jorge Luis Borges's Poems of the Night . (bookstr.com)
Daytime1
- Brightever hardwired ceiling light automatically turns on when motion is detected within 3-5m at both daytime and night, and off 30 seconds later when motion undetectable. (worbest.com)
Loss1
- The loss of darkness has inhibited the sensory experience of wildlife, changing not only the behavior of species but also how species interact with one another. (ecolandscaping.org)
Total2
- But in total darkness of course this doesn't work! (justhungry.com)
- Suphil Lee Park's character wakes up disoriented, in total darkness, and reflects on the meaninglessness of life. (fictionontheweb.co.uk)
Trouble4
- Why do drivers have trouble seeing at night? (coxautoservice.net)
- One of the most prominent reasons drivers have trouble seeing at night is light from oncoming traffic. (coxautoservice.net)
- Rule of thumb: Ask all your patients over the age of 50 if they're having trouble seeing at night. (maculogix.com)
- I make it a habit of asking all my patients over the age of 50 if they're having trouble seeing at night. (maculogix.com)
Harder1
- Why is it harder to drive at night as you get older? (coxautoservice.net)
Time3
- Because your reaction time is slower than it is in daylight, a lower speed is prudent when driving at night. (coxautoservice.net)
- 9. A late night drive is the best time to spend with yourself. (coxautoservice.net)
- Your patient reports having a hard time seeing at night and reading in dim light. (maculogix.com)
Glasses4
- BLUPOND Semi Polarized Night Driving Glasses, Car Bibles is reader-supported. (jds.cz)
- There is a big market for night driving glasses. (jds.cz)
- BLUPOND's night driving glasses tops our list of best night driving glasses for a slew of reasons. (jds.cz)
- Do Glasses Help Night Driving? (cashforyourjunkcar.org)
Condition does not1
- The condition does not actually involve true blindness, even at night. (kaiserpermanente.org)
Problems2
- Night blindness may cause problems with driving at night. (mountsinai.org)
- Hey Doc, Why Am I Having Problems Seeing at Night? (maculogix.com)