If you’re completely blind, you can see nothing. If you’re partially blind, you might experience the following symptoms:
- cloudy vision
- an inability to see shapes
- seeing only shadows
- poor night vision
- tunnel vision
Symptoms of Blindness in Infants
Your child’s visual system begins to develop in the womb, but it won’t be fully formed until about 2 years of age. By 6 to 8 weeks of age, your baby should be able to fix their gaze on an object and follow its movement. By 4 months of age, their eyes should be properly aligned and not turned inward or outward.
The symptoms of visual impairment in young children can include:
- constant eye rubbing
- an extreme sensitivity to light
- poor focusing
- chronic eye redness
- chronic tearing from their eyes
- a white instead of a black pupil
- poor visual tracking, or trouble following an object with their eyes
- abnormal eye alignment or movement after 6 months of age