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My father has night blindness
My father has night blindness can it be cured?
He has a lot of mental health issues because his biggest fear is that he is night blind..I believe if he will be a confident person if it's got cured
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There are many causes of night blindness like Vitamin A deficiency, Retinitis pigmentosa, congenital stationary night blindness etc
We need to find the exact cause for his night blindness problem and treat the cause if possible
consult local ophthalmologist
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Unfortunately, there is no cure for Night blindness.
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Dr. Sana Rasheed
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
4 yrs exp
Bangalore
Night blindness is irreversible
If cause is known vitamin deficiency
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Dr. Awanjala Varshney
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
23 yrs exp
Aligarh
If it is due to vitamin deficiency, it is reversible.
If it is due to some other disease, it can't be cured
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Dr. Saba Kausar
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
12 yrs exp
Bangalore
Unfortunately there is no cure for it
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Dr. Nikhilesh Shete
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
2 yrs exp
Sangli
Currently there is no cure for it.
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Dr. A Raja Prasanna Kumar
Pulmonologist
44 yrs exp
Hyderabad
There is no cure Pl.
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