July 16, 2012 When the lens loses the support that is given to her by zonular strings, it is moved to the front eye chamber or in the rear part to the vitreous, […]
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July 16, 2012 Aphakia is a lack of the lens. Causes: Most commonly it is a consequence of surgical removal of the cataract- Rarely it can be caused by a perforative eye injury. […]
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July 16, 2012 Eye cataract is a blurring of the eye lens that causes blur (to loss) of vision in the affected eye. It can occur in one eye (unilateralis) or both eyes […]
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July 16, 2012 Protrusion of the eyeball, walleyed eyes. It may be inherent with skull malformations (craniostenosis). Acquired exophthalmos is a result of increased orbital content. Acute exophthalmos is caused by a sudden […]
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July 16, 2012 Graves‘ or Basedowljev’s disease is of autoaggressive etiology, characterized by the triad of signs: hyperthyroidism with diffuse goiter, ophthalmopathy and dermathopathy. These three events may not appear all together, so […]
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July 16, 2012 Protrusion of the eyeball, walleyed eyes. It may be inherent with skull malformations (craniostenosis). Acquired exophthalmos is a result of increased orbital content. Acute exophthalmos is caused by a sudden […]
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July 16, 2012 The disease associated with hypersecretion of tears. It occurs in women during menopause. Symptoms: Keratoconjunctivitis, chronic inflammatory fibrotic process of the lacrimal gland and conjunctiva, dryness of the […]
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July 16, 2012 It is a chronic bilateral swelling of lacrimal and salivary glands of unknown origin. It occurs in leukemia, Hodkin’s disease, sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, syphilis. Symptoms: Dry mouth, difficulty in chewing, […]
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July 16, 2012 Epiphora or watery eye is caused by increased secretion of tears (usually a reflex, due to disease of the anterior segment), or impaired drainage. Reflex excessive tearing does not require […]
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July 16, 2012 Dry eye is a disorder of the tear film caused by tear deficiency or heavy tear evaporation that causes damage to the ocular surface of the eyelid, which is associated […]
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