Symptom: Blindness

Blindness: Loss of sight in one or both eyes
Detailed cause information for symptom: Blindness:

Possible causes of symptom: Blindness (34 conditions)

Medical conditions causing symptom: Blindness (23 conditions)

Medical conditions causing complication: Blindness (31 conditions)

Disease information: see also Blindness condition information

Causes of Blindness (11 conditions)

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Types of Blindness: night blindness (3), blind spot (9)
Blindness type of: Vision changes (114), Vision loss (54), Impaired vision (92)
Symptoms: symptom center, symptom groups, symptom descriptions

Possible causes of symptom: Blindness: The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Blindness as a symptom. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

Some caues of sudden blindness (always a medical emergency) may include:
- Eye injury
- Eye artery obstruction - this cause and other causes are a medical emergency.
- Retinal artery obstruction
- Retinal vein obstruction
- Eye blood vessel thrombosis
- Temporal arteritis
- Retinal detachment
- Amaurosis fugax
- Stroke
- TIA
- Migraine
- Optic neuritis
- Vitreous hemorrhage
- Acute glaucoma
- Methyl alcohol poisoning
- Hysteria
- Brain injury
- Blow to the head
Some causes of gradual blindness may include:
See also causes of blind spot, night blindness, vision loss, peripheral vision loss, central vision loss, or visual impairment

Conditions listing symptoms: Blindness: The following list of conditions have 'Blindness' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

Age-related macular degeneration ... blind spot

Alveolar Hydatid Disease ... blindness

Anencephaly ... blindness

C

Canavan disease ... blindness

Cataracts ... degraded night vision

Choroiditis ... gradual blindness in one eye

Craniosynostosis ... blindness

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease ... blindness

E

Ebola ... blindness

H

Hydranencephaly ... blindness

Hysteria ... blindness

K

Krabbé Disease ... blindness

M

Metachromatic Leukodystrophy ... blindness

Mitochondrial diseases ... blindness

Multiple Sclerosis ... blindness in one eye

N

Night blindness ... night blindness

O

Ocular histoplasmosis syndrome ... blind spot

S

Sandhoff Disease ... early blindness

Septo-Optic Dysplasia ... blindness in one eye, blindness (both eyes)

Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis ... Blindness

Syphilis ... blindness

T

Tay Sachs ... blindness

V

Vitamin A deficiency ... night blindness

Conditions listing complications: Blindness: The following list of conditions have 'Blindness' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.