Medical articles from Mr Richard Bowman

One of the most common causes of visual impairment in children in the developed world and increasingly so in the developing world, is damage to the visual parts of the brain as opposed to the eye itse...

Cerebral visual impairment (CVI) is probably the most common cause of childhood visual impairment in the UK. It isn’t a problem with the eyes, but with the brain’s visual pathways. Varying in severity...

Cerebral visual impairment ( CVI ) are visual problems that arise from the brain (50% of which is used to process vision) rather than the eyes. Mr Richard Bowman, a leading ophthalmic surgeon, explain...

Nystagmus. Perhaps this is a word you have not heard of before. Despite its relative obscurity, this condition has a profound effect on the eyes, and tends to manifest during childhood. Expert ophthal...