Vision disorder

A vision disorder is an impairment of the sense of vision.

Vision disorder
Disability-adjusted life year for vision disorders (age-related) per 100,000 inhabitants in 2002.[1]
  no data
  less than 100
  100–200
  200–300
  300–400
  400–450
  450–500
  500–600
  600–700
  700–750
  750–800
  800–850
  more than 850
SpecialtyOphthalmology

Vision disorder is not the same as an eye disease. Although many vision disorders do have their immediate cause in the eye, there are many other causes that may occur at other locations in the optic pathway.

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