MRCP UK EXAMINATIONS

NEUROLOGY

SURGERY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
It is determined that a patient is legally blind and will be unable to drive any longer. Legal blindness refers to a best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) that does not exceed what reading in the better eye?
A
20/50
B
20/100
C
20/150
D
20/200
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Based on visual acuity testing, a person is considered legally blind when their best corrected vision is 20/200, which means they need to be at least 20 feet away to see something that a person with normal vision can see from 200 feet away.

Detailed explanation-2: -Legal blindness occurs when a person has central visual acuity (vision that allows a person to see straight ahead of them) of 20/200 or less in his or her better eye with correction. With 20/200 visual acuity, a person can see at 20 feet, what a person with 20/20 vision sees at 200 feet.

Detailed explanation-3: -In most cases, patients cannot correct low vision completely by using prescription glasses or contact lenses. Patients with this condition are either partially sighted (20/70 to 20/200 vision with corrective lenses) or legally blind (20/200 vision or worse with corrective lenses).

There is 1 question to complete.