Sentences with phrase «retina leading to blindness»

The pressure can damage the retina leading to blindness.

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This can damage the retina, affecting vision, and eventually lead to blindness.

That pressure can kill parts of the retina or optic nerve, leading to irreversible partial or total blindness.

ROP involves an abnormal growth of blood vessels in the retina that may lead to scarring, retinal detachment and, in severe cases, blindness.

A fault in the CHM gene causes choroideremia, in which cells in the retina stop working and slowly die, leading to blindness.

These might make the sun look dim, possibly even dim enough to look at without discomfort, but they may do nothing to block infrared or ultraviolet radiation that will cause permanent damage to the retina and possibly lead to blindness.

Many diseases that lead to blindness, such as glaucoma and macular degeneration, are caused by the death of certain cells in the human retina that lack the ability to regenerate.

The condition is hereditary or age - related, and causes degeneration of the photoreceptors — light - sensitive cells in the retina — leading to blindness.

Age - related macular degeneration, a disease that slowly degrades light - sensitive cells in the retina, is the leading cause of vision loss and blindness among people 65 and older, according to the Centers for Disease Control...

Final Report Summary: Glaucoma is a silent disease that, over time, kills the nerve cells of the retina leading to irreversible blindness.

Pembroke Welsh Corgis can be afflicted with several eye problems including, cataracts, Progressive Retinal Atrophy which causes eventual blindness, and Retinal Dysplasia, which causes abnormal development of the retina and can lead to blindness also.

The degeneration of dog's retinas which leads to blindness A gene mutation is responsible for the problem, therefore, this is an inherited disease.

A cataract describes any opacity in the normally clear lens of the eye, and prevents light from reaching the retina at the back of the eye, sometimes eventually leading to blindness.

Cone - Rod Dystrophy 1 - Progressive Retinal Atrophy (cord1 - PRA) is an inherited disease of the eye that affects the cone and rod cells that make up the dog's retina and often leading to blindness.

Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA): This condition leads to a deterioration of the retina, eventually causing blindness.

In this disorder, the retina of the eye slowly but surely degenerates, leading to blindness.

Anti-inflammatory drops are necessary for the remainder of the dog's life to prevent conditions such as a detached retina or glaucoma a condition where pressure increases within the eye often leading to blindness and eventual removal of the eye.

Without taurine, a cat's hair may gradually fall out and the teeth will decay and the retina will degenerate, leading to blindness.