List of Eye Diseases

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List of Eye Diseases

This is a partial list of human eye diseases and disorders.

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DISORDERS OF EYELID, LACRIMAL SYSTEM AND ORBIT

DISORDERS OF CONJUNCTIVA

DISORDERS OF SCLERA, CORNEA, IRIS AND CILIARY BODY

DISORDERS OF LENS

 

 

DISORDERS OF CHOROID AND RETINA

 

Chorioretinal inflammation

 

·                                 Excludes: exudative retinopathy

Other disorders of choroid

Other disorders of choroid

Chorioretinal disorders in disease as classified elsewhere

Chorioretinal disorders in diseases classified elsewhere

H33 Retinal detachments and breaks

  • Retinal detachment — the retina detaches from the choroid, leading to blurred and distorted vision
  • Retinoschisis — the retina separates into several layers and may detach

Other retinal disorders

GLAUCOMA

 

DISORDERS OF VITREOUS BODY AND GLOBE

  • Floaters — shadow-like shapes which appear singly or together with several others in the field of vision

DISORDERS OF OPTIC NERVE AND VISUAL PATHWAYS

DISORDERS OF OCULAR MUSCLES, BINOCULAR MOVEMENT, ACCOMMODATION AND REFRACTION

  • Strabismus (Crossed eye/Wandering eye/Walleye) — the eyes do not point in the same direction
  • Disorders of refraction and accommodation
    • Hypermetropia (Farsightedness) — the inability to focus on near objects (and in extreme cases, any objects)
    • Myopia (Nearsightedness) — distant objects appear blurred
    • Astigmatism — the cornea or the lens of the eye is not perfectly spherical, resulting in different focal points in different planes
    • Anisometropia — the lenses of the two eyes have different focal lengths
    • Presbyopia — a condition that occurs with growing age and results in the inability to focus on close objects
    • Disorders of accommodation

VISUAL DISTURBANCES AND BLINDNESS

  • Amblyopia (lazy eye) — poor or blurry vision due to either no transmission or poor transmission of the visual image to the brain
  • Leber's congenital amaurosis — genetic disorder; appears at birth, characterised by sluggish or no pupillary responses
  • Scotoma (blind spot) — an area impairment of vision surrounded by a field of relatively well-preserved vision
  • Color blindness — the inability to perceive differences between some or all colours that other people can distinguish
  • Nyctalopia (Nightblindness) — a condition making it difficult or impossible to see in the dark
  • Blindness — the brain does not receive optical information, through various causes
    • River blindness — blindness caused by long-term infection by a parasitic worm (rare in western societies)
    • micro-opthalmia/coloboma — a disconnection between the optic nerve and the brain and/or spinal cord

OTHER DISORDERS OF EYE AND ADNEXA

OTHER CODES

The following are not classified as diseases of the eye and adnexa by the World Health Organization:

  • Keratomycosis — fungal infection of the cornea
  • Xerophthalmia — dry eyes, caused by vitamin A deficiency
  • Aniridia — a rare congenital eye condition leading to underdevelopment or even absence of the iris of the eye 
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