Diseases of the eyes (ophthalmology)

This category covers eye diseases ophthalmology with symptoms, causes, diagnostics, treatment options, and prevention basics.

Correction of hyperopia: glasses, contact lenses and surgical methods

Hyperopia, or farsightedness, is a refractive error in which the eye focuses images behind the retina without additional effort, so a person may have difficulty seeing clearly up close, and in more severe cases, even into the distance.

Low-grade hyperopia in both eyes: symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis

Hyperopia, or farsightedness, is a refractive error in which parallel rays of light, with relaxed accommodation, are focused not on the retina, but behind it. Because of this, close objects are often perceived less clearly than distant ones, although with more severe hyperopia, distance vision may also be impaired.

Degrees of hyperopia: weak, moderate and high farsightedness

Hyperopia, or farsightedness, is a type of refractive error in which the eye's optical system focuses an image behind the retina unless accommodation compensates for this defect.

Retrobulbar hematoma: symptoms, diagnosis, emergency treatment, and risk of vision loss

A retrobulbar hematoma is a collection of blood in the retrobulbar space, that is, behind the eyeball inside the orbit.

Periorbital cellulitis: symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and differences from orbital cellulitis

Periorbital cellulitis is a bacterial infection of the skin and soft tissues around the eye, located anterior to the orbital septum.

Periorbital edema: causes, warning signs, diagnosis, and treatment

Periorbital edema is a fluid accumulation in the tissues around the eyes, most commonly in the eyelids and infraorbital area. It can be unilateral or bilateral, soft or firm, painful or painless, acute or chronic, limited to the eyelids or part of a general edema syndrome.

Periorbital hematoma: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and warning signs

A periorbital hematoma is a collection of blood in the soft tissues around the eye, most often following blunt facial trauma, a blow, a fall, a sports injury, a motor vehicle accident, or surgery to the eyelids, face, and orbit.

Scintillation scotoma: causes, symptoms, differences from stroke and eye diseases, diagnosis and treatment

A scintillating scotoma is a temporary area of impaired vision that a person often describes as a "blind spot," "sparkles," "zigzags," "flickering arc," "flashing lightning," "mosaic," or "shaking area" in the visual field.

Preventing Eye Infections: Hygiene, Contact Lenses, Red Flags, and Vision Protection

Preventing eye infections isn't just about "washing your hands more often," but rather a range of measures that protect various structures of the eye: the eyelids, conjunctiva, cornea, lacrimal ducts, orbital tissue, and the internal environment of the eyeball.

Eye infection in children: symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, and danger signs

An eye infection in a child is not a single diagnosis, but a group of conditions: from common viral or bacterial conjunctivitis to potentially dangerous keratitis, eyelid infection, dacryocystitis, periorbital cellulitis, orbital cellulitis, and eye infections in newborns.

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