Glossary for Eye conditions

• Accidental Eye Injury: The accidental injury to an eye
• Age-related macular degeneration: Deterioration of the central field of vision.
• All Disease Categories: All major disease categories
• Allergic conjunctivitis: Allergic conjunctivitis is an allergic reaction which causes inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye (thin clear lining covering the eye).
• Alport Syndrome: A rare hereditary disorder involving the progressive deterioration of parts of the kidney resulting in chronic kidney disease.
• Anisometropia: This is where there is an inequality in refractive power of the two eyes
• Astigmatism: Vision impairment from irregularly shaped eye cornea or lens.
• Autoimmune eye diseases: Eye disease that is caused by an autoimmune disease
• Autoimmune uveitis: Autoimmune inflammation of the eye's uvea.
• Benign essential blepharospasm: A neurological disorder where certain eye muscles fail to function properly.
• Black eye: Bleeding in the skin around the eye
• Blepharitis: A common eyelid inflammation
• Blindness: The inability to see out of the eyes
• CAR syndrome: A progressive autoimmune eye disease caused by cancer that occurs outside the eye area. It is a type of paraneoplasic cancer which refers to distant neurological effects caused by a cancer. Eye symptoms usually occur before the cancer is detected.
• Cataracts: Cloudy areas on the eye's cornea interfering with vision.
• Chalazion: Slow-growing swelling of the upper or lower eyelid usually caused by a blockage in the oil glands in the eyelid.
• Choroiditis: Inflammation of the part of the eye called the choroid (layer behind the retina). Usually only one eye is affected.
• Closed-angle glaucoma: A severe form of glaucoma needing emergency treatment to avoid blindness.
• Color blindness: Difficulty distinguishing colors; various subtypes
• Conjunctival disorders: Diseases of the conjunctiva in the eye.
• Conjunctivitis: Contagious eye infection
• Cornea disorders: Disorders affecting the cornea of the eye
• Corneal Dystrophies: A group of various disorders affecting the eye's cornea
• Corneal ulcer: Sore on the eye's cornea
• Dacryocystitis: Inflammation of the eye's tear sac
• Deuteranopia: A type of altered vision with a confusion of greens and reds
• Diabetic Eye Disease: Eye disease caused by diabetes
• Diabetic Lens Osmosis: Eye lens vision changes due to diabetic sugars; usually reversible.
• Diabetic Retinopathy: Diabetic retinopathy is the most common diabetic eye disease and a leading cause of blindness in American adults. It is caused by changes in the blood vessels of the retina.
• Dichromasy: Defective colour vision
• Double vision: Double vision
• Dry Eye: Dry eyes or gritty eye feeling.
• Eye and vision conditions: Medical conditions affecting the eyes or the vision systems.
• Eye cancer: A malignancy that affects the eye
• Eye foreign body: Feeling of grit or sand in the eye
• Eye movement symptoms: Symptoms affecting the movement of the eye
• Eye pain: Pain in the eye.
• Fuchs' Dystrophy: Cataract-like vision problems from corneal deposits.
• Glaucoma: Glaucoma is the term for a diverse group of eye diseases, all of which involve progressive damage to the optic nerve. Glaucoma is usually, but not always, accompanied by high intraocular (internal) fluid pressure. Optic nerve damage produces certain characteristic visual field defects in the individual's peripheral (side), as well as central, vision.
• Halal Setton Wang syndrome: A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by eye, teeth, nail and skin abnormalities.
• Head Conditions: Conditions that affect the head
• Headache-free migraine: A syndrome with no headache but other migraine-like symptoms
• Hemangioblastoma: A benign tumor that tends to occur in the central nervous system such as the brain and spinal cord. The tumor arises from the stem cells that develop into blood vessels or blood cells (hemangioblasts). Symptoms vary depending on the exact location and size of the tumor.
• Hyperopia: Far-sightedness often requiring glasses
• Hyphema: Bleeding between cornea and iris in the eye
• Idiopathic basal ganglia calcification, childhood onset: A rare disorder involving the buildup of calcium deposits in various parts of the brain. It manifests as degeneration of the nervous system.
• Iridocorneal Endothelial Syndrome: ICE syndrome is a spectrum of conditions of the eye, where the inner layer of the cornea appears abnormal. It includes Cogan-Reese syndrome, Chandler's syndrome, and progressive iris atrophy.
• Iridocyclitis: Inflammation of the iris and ciliary body (just behind the iris) of the eye.
• Juvenile idiopathic arthritis: A group of chronic inflammatory joint disorders that affects children. The condition generally involves periods of time where the condition is active followed by periods of abatement of symptoms. In some cases, the condition can be systemic and can cause symptoms such as fever and rash with organ involvement. There are three main types of juvenile idiopathic arthritis - oligoarticular, polyarticular and systemic (Still's disease).
• Keratitis: Any inflammation of the cornea of the eye
• Keratoconus: A rare degenerative eye disorder where the corneas of the eye become progressively thinner and cone-shaped which affects vision.
• Lattice dystrophy: Cloudiness of the cornea
• Leber's hereditary optic atrophy: Rare mitochondrial eye disease.
• Lens disorders: Any disorder that affects the lens of ones eye
• Macular hole: A hole in the eye's macula that affects the retina.
• Map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy.: Eye cornea condition
• Melanoma: Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer. It is the leading cause of death from skin disease. It involves cells called melanocytes, which produce a skin pigment called melanin. Melanin is responsible for skin and hair color.
• Microcephaly -- microphthalmos -- blindness: A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by a small head, small eyes and blindness.
• Myopia: Short-sightedness often requiring glasses
• Neonatal ophthalmitis: Eye discharge in newborns
• Neurofibromatosis-2: Genetic disorder often leading to tumors on nerves.
• Ocular Herpes: Viral infection of the eye from herpes virus.
• Ocular histoplasmosis syndrome: An uncommon eye complication from lung histoplasmosis.
• Open-angle glaucoma: Vision damage from a slow chronic buildup of fluid pressure in the eye.
• Ophthalmitis: Any disorder that is characterised by inflammation of the eyeball
• Opththalmoplegia: Eyeball movement paralysis or weakness
• Optic neuritis: Optic nerve inflammation
• Posterior vitreous detachment: Detachment of the eye's internal jelly vitreous from the rear of the eye
• Presbyopia: Age-related far-sightedness often requiring glasses
• Progressive external ophthalmoplegia: A rare genetic disorder characterized by progressive paralysis of the eye muscles as well as occasional skeletal muscle involvement.
• Protanopia: The inability to see all four primary colours rather limited to seeing blu and yellow
• Pterygium: Pink growth on the eye's cornea
• Red-green color blindness: Inability to distinguish red and green colors.
• Refractive Eye Disorders: Any disorder that affects the ability of the eye to focus on an object
• Reiter’s syndrome: A form of reactive arthritis characterized by arthritis, urethritis, conjunctivitis and skin lesions.
• Retina Conditions: Any condition that affects the retina of the eye
• Retinal detachment: Partial or total detachment of retina from the back of the eye.
• Retinoblastoma: A very rare malignant tumor that originates in the retina.
• Retinopathy: Eye retina condition
• Retinopathy of prematurity: Eye problems that occur in premature underweight infants who are exposed to a high oxygen environment.
• Rheumatoid arthritis: Autoimmune form of arthritis usually in teens or young adults.
• Sarcoidosis: Rare autoimmune disease usually affecting the lungs.
• Scleritis: Inflammation of the white part of eyeball
• Short tarsus -- absence of lower eyelashes: A very rare syndrome characterized by a lack of lower eyelashes and short eyelids.
• Sjogren's Syndrome: Autoimmune disease damaging the eye tear ducts and other glands.
• Stevens-Johnson Syndrome: A rare but serious condition involving inflammation and blistering of the skin and mucous membranes. It is believed to be an allergic reaction that can occur in response to some drugs or infectious diseases.
• Sticky eye: When a person experiences a sticky eye
• Subconjunctival hemorrhage: Bleeding in the eye and under eyelid
• Sympathetic ophthalmitis: Iris and eyeball inflammation as a delayed autoimmune reaction to eye injury
• Tapeworms: Parasitic worm infestation of digestive or other organs.
• Temporal arteritis: Inflamed head artery causing headache.
• Trachoma: Chronic bacterial eye condition in the developing world
• Usher Syndrome: A rare inherited disorder characterized by sensorineural deafness and progressive vision loss.
• Uveitis: A condition which is characterised by the inflammation of the uvea of the eye
• Vision Impairment: A condition that affects ones vision
• Vision loss: Impaired vision or loss of vision
• Vitamin A deficiency: Dietary deficiency of vitamin A
• Vitiligo: Skin pigment changes, usually harmless but sometimes embarrassing.
• Vitreous detachment: Detachment of the eye's internal jelly vitreous from the rear or side of the eye

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