Question

what are the causes, treatments, success rates and any ongoing research for hemianopia??

Answer 1

1) Causes of hemianopia

any type of damage to optic nerve or brain

traumatic brain injuries

brain tumor

dementia

alzheimers disease

epilepsy

multiple sclerosis

lymphoma

2) Treatment of hemianopia depends on the cause

under go vision restoration therapy

wearing prismatic correction glasses to reduce double vision

vision compensatory training to improve vision

if the hemianopia is due to brain injury . medical and surgical treatment brain can be done. removal of brain tumor is another option.

3) sucees rate of hemianopia - aproximately 17 -19% of poststroke patients completely recover within 1 month.

55% of patients have atleast some improvement of the visual field within the first month.

4) New studies conducted to reduce the visual disability Researchers from various eye research institution have designed three new eye glasses using high power prisms to optimally expand the visual field of patient with hemianopia.