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| All the eye problems should be given proper attention and checked with the doctor immediately. The following is a list of common eye disorders/diseases and their possible causes. |
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| The most common vision disorders are refractive errors - specifically nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. In each case, the eye does not refract the incoming light properly, so the image is blurred |
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| Cataract: |
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| A "clouding" of the lens in your eye. As light passes through the cataractous lens, it gets diffused or scattered, resulting in blurred or defocused vision |
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| Glaucoma: |
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| Optic nerve is damaged, leading to progressive, irreversible loss of vision. It is often, but not always, associated with increased pressure of the fluid in the eye. |
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| Retinal detachment: |
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| Disorder of the eye in which the retina peels away from its underlying layer of support tissue |
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| Diabetic retinopathy: |
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| It is a retinopathy (damage to the retina) caused by complications of diabetes mellitus, which can eventually lead to blindness. |
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| Corneal ulcer: |
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| A condition of the cornea that occurs when localized tissue has eroded usually causes a red, painful eye. |
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| Ptosis: |
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| Ptosis is an abnormally low position (drooping) of the upper eyelid |
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| Strabismus (Squint): |
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| A defect of vision in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an object because of imbalance of the eye muscles |
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| Amblyopia: |
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| Commonly known as lazy eye, a condition in which a patient has decreased vision in one eye that leads to the use of the other eye as the dominant eye. A problem most commonly associated with children. |
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| Low vision: |
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| Condition in which a person is without a significant measure of vision but is not totally blind |
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| Uveitis: |
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| Inflammation of the uveal layer of the eye |
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