Aids And Blindness

In recent years special filters for the colour blind have been.

Aids and blindness. Aids related eye problems due to a suppressed immune system can include the following. Ophthalmologists think the. The document has moved here. It can cause blindness and other serious problems if you re hiv positive.

We never see it in immune competent patients. This is the most common finding in people with aids. Cytomegalovirus cmv is related to the herpes virus that gives you cold sores. Filters for the colour blind help them to distinguish between different tones and shades of colour becoming useful even though they are not very attractive.

Cotton wool spots and blood from broken blood vessels appear on the retina. The level of deafblindness varies greatly from person to person and a medical examination including sight and hearing tests are used determine the severity of deafblindness. Kestelyn philippe and et cunningham. At present most patients with hiv aids in developing countries who lose their vision have a very limited life expectancy.

But an estimated 70 percent of patients with advanced aids experience eye disorders. She says blindness in immune compromised people such as mpumi whose system was battered by aids is most commonly caused by a viral infection called cytomegalovirus which normally thrives on a weakened immune system. Facts and aids for the colour blind. It is actually only seen in patients who are in immune compromised.

Some people may have complete hearing loss but have limited vision and even be able to read with visual aids. Hiv aids and blindness article literature review pdf available in bulletin of the world health organisation 79 3 208 13 february 2001 with 212 reads how we measure reads. Hiv aids and blindness bulletin of the world health organization 79 3. But there are also aids to live with the condition.

Article in bulletin of the world health organisation 79 3 january 2001 with 24 reads how we measure reads a read is counted each time someone views a publication.