War Vets, Others Have High Rate of Vision Trouble after Traumatic Brain Injury

Visual symptoms and abnormalities occur at high rates in people with traumatic brain injury (TBI), including Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans with blast-related TBI — that’s according to a new study, “Mechanisms of TBI and Visual Consequences in Military and Veteran Populations,” which appears in the February issue of Optometry and Vision Science, the official journal of the American Academy of Optometry.

Vision problems are similar for military and civilian patients with TBI, and are common even after relatively mild brain injury, report Gregory L. Goodrich, PhD, of the VA Palo Alto (Calif.) Health Care System and colleagues.

“Comprehensive eye examinations are recommended following even mild traumatic brain injury,” says Anthony Adams, OD, PhD, editor-in-chief of Optometry and Vision Science. For more information, click here to read the full release.