Vision Problems

            Vision problems may occur after a TBI (traumatic brain injury).  Vision problems affect 20% to 40% of all brain injured people.  I have vision problems that I never had experienced before my accident. 

            I experience double vision when I look up.  This happens because the eyes are round and when I look up at something the image is hitting off the bottom part of my eye, making the second image look higher then real image. Something similar may be happening to you, if you have experienced a brain injury as well.

            People with brain injuries are very likely to experience vision problems because 40-50 percent of the brain is involved in vision.  Your vision is located in the occipital lobe of your brain, which is located in the back part of your brain.  The reason why so many people with brain injuries experience problems with vision is because when you get into a motor vehicle accident the brain can be detached from the skull, then momentum forces it back and forth making the brain collides with the skull.

            I went to the eye doctor to see if they could solve the problem with my eyes.  I was even going to accept surgery on my eyes if that was the only way to fix my double vision.  The only thing was that the doctor said surgery wouldn’t fix the problem because my cerebellum was very badly injured in my automobile accident.  Instead I received a pair of glasses, which I think is a better option than surgery. They help to alleviate the problem and I’m happy with the outcome.