In one infection, this condition is triggered by an inflammatory response to Wolbachia pipentis, which iscarried by Onchocerca volvulus.
In one infection, this condition is triggered by an inflammatory response to Wolbachia pipentis, which iscarried by Onchocerca volvulus. Anton's syndrome is a phenomenon in which patients refuse to believethey have this condition after brain damage. A transient form of this condition is called amarosis fugax,which is caused by transient ischemic attacks. Mutations in complex I of the electron transport chain causethis condition in a mitochondrially inherited syndrome named for Leber. Another infectious cause of it iscaused by C. trachomatis, a subspecies of chlamydia, in infants. Most instances of this condition are causedby glaucoma or cataracts. For 10 points, name this condition in which patients are unable to see.
In one infection, this condition is triggered by an inflammatory response to Wolbachia pipentis, which iscarried by Onchocerca volvulus.
 blindness [or equivalents; accept anything involving the optic nerve, eye, lens, or retina being damaged]