Traumatic brain injury and sight loss in military and veteran populations – a review

Syeda F. Hussain; Zara Raza; Andrew T. G. Cash; Thomas Zampieri; Robert A. Mazzoli; Randy H. Kardon; Renata S. M. Gomes

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Traumatic brain injury and sight loss in military and veteran populations – a review

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- Traumatic brain injury and sight loss in military and veteran populations – a review
- Military Medical Research Vol. 9, Issue 1, Pages: 71-85(2022)
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  1.Research & Innovation, Blind Veterans UK, 12-14 Harcourt Street, London W1H 4HD, UK
  2.Bravo Victor, Research, 12-14 Harcourt Street, London W1H 4HD, UK
  3.Blinded Veterans Association, 1101 King Street, Suite 300, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, USA
  4.Department of Ophthalmology, Madigan Army Medical Center, 9040 Jackson Avenue, Tacoma, Washington 98431, USA
  5.Iowa City VA Health Care System and Iowa City VA Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Visual Loss, Iowa City, Iowa 52246, USA
  6.Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
  7.Northern Hub for Veterans and Military Families Research, Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle NE7 7XA, UK
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  * renata.gomes@blindveterans.org.uk
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- DOI：10.1186/s40779-021-00334-3
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- Published：2022-02
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Hussain et al.: Traumatic brain injury and sight loss in military and veteran populations– a review. Mil Med Res, 2021, 8: 42.
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Hussain et al.: Traumatic brain injury and sight loss in military and veteran populations– a review. Mil Med Res, 2021, 8: 42. DOI： 10.1186/s40779-021-00334-3.

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War and combat exposure pose great risks to the vision system. More recently

vision related deficiencies and impairments have become common with the increased use of powerful explosive devices and the subsequent rise in incidence of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Studies have looked at the effects of injury severity

aetiology of injury and the stage at which visual problems become apparent. There was little discrepancy found between the frequencies or types of visual dysfunctions across blast and non-blast related groups

however complete sight loss appeared to occur only in those who had a blast-related injury. Generally

the more severe the injury

the greater the likelihood of specific visual disturbances occurring

and a study found total sight loss to only occur in cases with greater severity. Diagnosis of mild TBI (mTBI) is challenging. Being able to identify a potential TBI via visual symptoms may offer a new avenue for diagnosis.

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