What is Corneal Dystrophies?

What is Corneal Dystrophies?

• Corneal Dystrophies: A group of various disorders affecting the eye's cornea.

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Corneal Dystrophies as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet

Corneal Dystrophies: Introduction

Types of Corneal Dystrophies:

Types of Corneal Dystrophies:

• Fuchs' Dystrophy
• Keratoconus
• Lattice dystrophy
• Map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy.
• more types...»

Broader types of Corneal Dystrophies:

• Eye conditions
• Cornea disorders
• Eye and vision conditions
• Head conditions
• more types...»

How many people get Corneal Dystrophies?

Prevalance of Corneal Dystrophies: 4,200 people have reduced vision because of corneal dystrophies in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)
Prevalance Rate of Corneal Dystrophies: approx 1 in 64,761 or 0.00% or 4,200 people in USA [about data]

What causes Corneal Dystrophies?

Causes of Corneal Dystrophies: see causes of Corneal Dystrophies

What are the symptoms of Corneal Dystrophies?

Symptoms of Corneal Dystrophies: see symptoms of Corneal Dystrophies

Corneal Dystrophies: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Corneal Dystrophies.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Corneal Dystrophies.

How is it treated?

Doctors and Medical Specialists for Corneal Dystrophies: Ophthalmologist ; see also doctors and medical specialists for Corneal Dystrophies.
Treatments for Corneal Dystrophies: see treatments for Corneal Dystrophies
Research for Corneal Dystrophies: see research for Corneal Dystrophies

Society issues for Corneal Dystrophies

Hospitalization statistics for Corneal Dystrophies: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Corneal Dystrophies:

• 0.003% (398) of hospital consultant episodes were for corneal scars and opacities in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 100% of hospital consultant episodes for corneal scars and opacities required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 46% of hospital consultant episodes for corneal scars and opacities were for in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 54% of hospital consultant episodes for corneal scars and opacities were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 9% of hospital consultant episodes for corneal scars and opacities required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 1.9 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for corneal scars and opacities in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for corneal scars and opacities in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• more statistics...»

Organs Affected by Corneal Dystrophies:

Organs and body systems related to Corneal Dystrophies include:

• Eye
• Cornea

Name and Aliases of Corneal Dystrophies

Main name of condition: Corneal Dystrophies

Corneal Dystrophies: Related Conditions

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Corneal Dystrophies:

• Posterior polymorphous dystrophy
• Posterior endothelial dystrophy
• Hereditary deep dystrophy
• PPCD

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