Donna, a 42-year-old mother of two, has been experiencing intermittent tingling and numbness in both of her feet. She has also had trouble holding a pen while writing. In the past few months, the tingling and numbness in her extremities seemed to subside on its own, so she was not very concerned. Recently, though, the symptoms have spread to her knees and thighs and are persisting. Yesterday, she stumbled when getting out of bed in the morning. When she tried to stand, her right leg was too weak to hold her weight and she fell again. She noticed that she scraped her right knee during the fall, but does not feel any pain from the wound. Donna notices that she has blurry vision and thinks that might be the reason she fell.

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Kolby Clarke

Social Studies

15 November, 20:50

Donna, a 42-year-old mother of two, has been experiencing intermittent tingling and numbness in both of her feet. She has also had trouble holding a pen while writing. In the past few months, the tingling and numbness in her extremities seemed to subside on its own, so she was not very concerned. Recently, though, the symptoms have spread to her knees and thighs and are persisting. Yesterday, she stumbled when getting out of bed in the morning. When she tried to stand, her right leg was too weak to hold her weight and she fell again. She noticed that she scraped her right knee during the fall, but does not feel any pain from the wound. Donna notices that she has blurry vision and thinks that might be the reason she fell.

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Brenna Hensley · Answer 1

Answer: Donna is experiencing Blurred visions because of inability to get proper Medical care from Physicians. Also she probably has diabetes too.

Explanation: Blurred vision can occur by simply forgetting to wear your prescribed corrective lenses. But in many cases, it is usually a sign of an underlying eye disease.

Eye diseases include:

Age-related macular degeneration

Glaucoma

High blood sugar levels

Other causes of blurry vision include:

Cataracts and other eye conditions such as conjunctivitis, dry eye syndromen, and retinal detachment

Certain medications (including cortisone, some antidepressants and some heart medications)

Diabetes mellitus

Stroke

Migraines