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Stroke: what happens to eyesight?
This article investigates visual impairment caused by stroke, treatments for rehabilitation of hemianopia and visual neglect, risk factors, and prevention.
Treatments for patients with hemianopia
Going downstairs, grasping objects, reading and writing are some of the difficulties that patients with hemianopsia face on a daily basis. Let’s find out how rehabilitation plays an important role in visual recovery.
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Neurorehabilitation
Hemianopsia and diseases of the optic chiasma
Lesions of the optic chiasm can cause various visual field alterations: the most common alteration is bitemporal heteronymous hemianopsia.
Hemianopsia: neuroscience and neuropsychological rehabilitation
The rehabilitation of hemianopsia requires multidisciplinary teamwork and the creation of an customized rehabilitation project.
Horner’s Syndrome
It affects the face and eyes on one side of the body, causing eyelid drooping, pupil reduction, and sweating. Let’s learn more about this rare neurological disease.
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Visual disability
Color perception and diagnostic tests
Color perception greatly enriches in detail what we observe but can sometimes function abnormally. We learn about the psychophysical process of color vision, causes of perceptual deficits, and specific tests.
Hemianopia in relation to other pathologies
Hemianopsia is often the first onset of severe brain disease (e.g., aneurysms, tumors, and strokes). Let us review some rare cases of hemianopsia related to less common diseases.
Types of Hemianopias
Let’s clarify the types of hemianopias by simulating the vision of a person with this important visual field deficit.
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Telemedicine
eHealth: the great digital revolution
eHealth represents a great opportunity to apply telecomunicative technologies to ameliorate our approach to patients.
5G and telemedicine: why can they be considered the future of healthcare?
Italy is among the frontrunners in the race for 5G, which will bring major application changes in the deployment of telemedicine.
How to deal with a chronic disease during the Covid-19 pandemic
Chronic patients are one of the most prominent categories at risk. Here’s how we are dealing with chronic diseases in a pandemic.
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