Glossary for Chorioretinitis

• Behcet's Disease: Recurring inflammation of small blood vessels affecting various areas.
• Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease: A rare disease where inflammatory granular nodules form in various organs.
• Blindness: The inability to see out of the eyes
• Blurred vision: Blurriness of vision or images.
• Choroiditis: Inflammation of the part of the eye called the choroid (layer behind the retina). Usually only one eye is affected.
• Conditions involving a pathogen: Medical conditions involving some type of pathogen, such as a virus or bacteria.
• Congenital Toxoplasmosis: Fetal infection with toxoplasmosis.
• Congenital cytomegalovirus: Fetal infection with cytomegalovirus.
• Cytomegalovirus: A easily transmissible viral infection that is common but generally causes no symptoms except in infants and people with weakened immune systems.
• Dup (2) (q34-qter): A rare chromosomal disorder characterized by various anomalies. The listed symptoms are those observed in the few reported cases. The manifestations linked to most genetic defects are often variable to some degree.
• Eye and vision conditions: Medical conditions affecting the eyes or the vision systems.
• Head Conditions: Conditions that affect the head
• Herpes, Neonatal -- Mucocutaneous and Ocular Infection: Mucocutaneous herpes infection in neonates is a herpes infection of the mucous membranes within the first six weeks of life. The virus may be transmitted from the mother to the baby while it is still in the uterus or during delivery. The risk of transmitting the virus is highest if genital herpes is contracted during the late stages of the pregnancy. A mother with long standing or recurring herpes infection usually has sufficient antibodies to the virus to prevent the infant becoming infected. Neonatal herpes can also be contracted when an infant comes into contact with an infected person e.g. being kissed by and adult with cold sores. A cesarean birth may be advised for mothers who have active genital lesions.
• Histoplasmosis: Lung infection from fungus Histoplasma capsulatum
• Neurosyphilis -- general paresis: A complication of untreated syphilis where the infection invades the brain cells and causes a range of neurological symptoms. The condition is progressive and life-threatening.
• Neurosyphilis -- meningovascular: A complication of untreated syphilis where the infection invades the central nervous system and causes cranial nerve palsies and pupil abnormalities.
• Neurosyphilis -- tabes dorsalis: A complication of untreated syphilis where the infection invades the spinal cord and progressively impairs muscle function and nerve damage may also occur. This form of the condition is progressive and life-threatening.
• Renal hypomagnesemia -- hypercalciuria -- nephrocalcinosis: A rare form of kidney disease which is progressive.
• Rubella virus antenatal infection: A rare disorder caused by exposure of the fetus to maternal rubella and resulting in a range of abnormalities and fetal death is also possible.
• TORCH Syndrome: Infection of a fetus by any of a group of infectious agents which have been transmitted from the mother through the placenta. The infections include toxoplasmosis, rubella, cytomegalovirus, herpes virus, hepatitis and syphilis. The severity and nature of symptoms is determined by the type of infection.
• Toxocariasis: A parasitic roundworm (Toxocara canis or Toxocara cati) infection that normally occurs in cats and dogs but can be transmitted to humans by ingesting the larvae or eggs. The infection may be asymptomatic or severe and symptoms depend on where the larvae travel to when they migrate through the body.
• Varicella virus antenatal infection: The infection of a mother with the varicella virus whilst she is pregnant
• Vision loss: Impaired vision or loss of vision

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