


These conditions may include vitamin deficiency, glaucoma (nerve damage) and Retinitis Pigmentosa (genetic) to name a few. Night blindness may be a result of various conditions that affect the efficiency of the receptors. that’s how we see! Night vision is mainly performed by the rod receptors. The back of the eye (retina) contain rods and cones that once stimulated by light send electrical impulses to the brain…. Lets go back in time to our Biology lessons. There are only a few of us who strictly suffer from night blindness. Before I go on let me differentiate impairment and blindness.

With the nights drawing in, there are a few of us who begin to suffer with night vision impairment also referred to as night blindness. Hate driving at night or light too bright? It is a well known fact that most accidents with fatalities occur at night.
