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When a person is used to having their vision their entire life, going blind can be a scary thing. Typically, a person can go blind because he/she has developed some disease or illness. The most common diseases and illnesses that have caused this have been diabetes, macular degeneration, and glaucoma. Many times these diseased are developed among adults the ages sixty and above. An older person may go blind when their at the elderly stages in their life because of these diseases or just because they are getting old. Either way, this can be a scary time for people, and adequate support for these individuals is necessary. Going blind before the age of thirty is less common and is usually caused by genetic defects, abnormalities and injuries, poisonings, and willful acts that are detrimental to health. Some natural occurrences include monocular blindness, obstacle nerve damage, or albinism are all out of the hands of an individual, and can not be prevented. Besides relying on chance, some people can harm themselves and as a result, they go blind. Some of these circumstances include, poisonings, fights, accidents, torture and other unfortunate situations that can definitely be prevented. In developed countries like the … Continue reading