Glossary for Eye neuropathy

• Autonomic neuropathy: A disorder of the nervous system concerned with regulation of activity of cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, and glands, usually restricted to the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems
• Diabetes: Failing or reduced ability of the body to handle sugars.
• Diabetic neuropathy: Nerve damage from diabetes affecting any body part; most commonly feet.
• Droopy eye-lid: Droopiness of the eyelids (ptosis)
• Eye and vision conditions: Medical conditions affecting the eyes or the vision systems.
• Eye movement symptoms: Symptoms affecting the movement of the eye
• Head Conditions: Conditions that affect the head
• Nervous system conditions: Diseases affecting the nerves and the nervous system.
• Neuropathy: Peripheral neuropathy is the term for damage to nerves of the peripheral nervous system, which may be caused either by diseases of the nerve or from the side-effects of systemic illness.
• Peripheral vascular disease: Disease of arteries supplying the legs or sometimes arms
• Pupil symptoms: Symptoms affecting the pupil of the eye
• Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord: Gradual spinal cord degeneration
• Trigeminal neuralgia: Trigeminal neuralgia is a very painful inflammation of the nerve (trigeminal nerve) that delivers sensations to the face and "surface" of the eye.
• Type 1 diabetes: Severe insulin-treated diabetes typically occurring in young people.
• Type 2 diabetes: Most common diabetes in adults, usually progressing slowly, mostly treated without insulin at diagnosis.
• Vitamin B12 Deficiency: A deficiency of Vitamin B12 primarily causes anemias the body is unable to make sufficient quantities of normal red blood cells. Severe cases can lead to permanent nervous system problems. The vitamin B12 deficiency can result from absorption problems, insufficient dietary intake, certain medications (e.g. metformin), inherited conditions (e.g. transcobalamin deficiency) and certain chronic parasitic intestinal infestations.

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