From Partial To Total Blindness: Understanding Different Levels of Vision Loss

From Partial To Total Blindness: Understanding Different Levels of Vision Loss

Medically reviewed by Christine L. Larsen, MDBlindness is completely or severely reduced vision. Contrary to popular belief, most people who are blind have some vision—only about 15% of blindness results in total vision loss. Blindness can occur at any point in life, but it's most common with age.Blindness symptoms depend on the cause but typically include low vision accompanied by blurred vision, hazy or cloudy vision, and poor night vision. Pe…