
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
- Hordeolum ("stye" or "sty") — a bacterial infection of sebaceous glands of eyelashes.
- Chalazion — a cyst in the eyelid (usually upper eyelid)
- Blepharitis — inflammation of eyelids and eyelashes; characterized by white flaky skin near the eyelashes
- Entropion and trichiasis
- Ectropion
- Lagophthalmos
- Blepharochalasis
- Ptosis
- Xanthelasma of eyelid
- Parasitic infestation of eyelid in diseases classified elsewhere
- Dermatitis of eyelid due to Demodex species
- Parasitic infestation of eyelid in:
- Involvement of eyelid in other infectious diseases classified elsewhere
- Involvement of eyelid in:
- Involvement of eyelid in other diseases classified elsewhere
- Involvement of eyelid in impetigo
- Dacryoadenitis
- Epiphora
- Dysthyroid exophthalmos it is shown that if your eye comes out that it will shrink because the optic fluids drain out
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