Sentences with phrase «causing night blindness»

This is different from typical progressive retinal degeneration (PRA), which involves both the rod and cone cells of the retina causing night blindness and worsening day vision.

The genetic disease, which is essentially a gradual dying of the rods in one's eyes, was causing my night blindness, and would also slowly start robbing me of my day vision starting from the peripherals.

Among pregnant women, vitamin A deficiency can cause night blindness and may increase the risk of maternal mortality.

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Deficiency of vitamin A causes Xerophthalmia which includes ocular (eye) manifestations such as night blindness, conjunctival xerosis, Bitot's spot, Corneal Xerosis, and Keratomalacia.

Thus it was fascinating to see positive selection on genes like CHM and CNGB3, in which mutations can cause retinal diseases featuring night blindness (i.e. choroideremia and retinitis pigmentosa) in humans.

Deficiency of vitamin A is a major preventable cause of blindness, an early symptom being night blindness, otherwise known as nyctalopia.

Do you suffer from night blindness or mild nearsightedness that is causing you grief or the need for prescription lenses?

When Stephen learned that night blindness can be caused by Vitamin A deficiency, he decided to skip the synthetic A supplement pills.

The ancient Egyptians knew that feeding liver to a person may help with night blindness, an illness now known to be caused by a vitamin A deficiency.

Fear can be caused by harsh treatment, physical abuse and night blindness associated with confinement in a dark stall.

Prone to hives caused by stress or insect bites, cerebellar ataxia - an undefined problem in the part of the brain that controls coordination, PRA (Progressive retinal atrophy)- gradual deterioration of the retina beginning with night blindness and eventually total blindness, allergies, cancer, heart problems, socialization issues, training and hip dysplasia, thyroid problems