Refractive errors

Introduction: Refractive errors

Description of Refractive errors

Refractive errors (medical condition): Any disorder that affects the ability of the eye to...more »

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Refractive Eye Disorders:
  »Introduction: Refractive Eye Disorders
  »Symptoms of Refractive Eye Disorders
  »Treatments for Refractive Eye Disorders

Refractive errors: Deviations from the average or standard indices of refraction of the eye through its dioptric or refractive apparatus.
Source: Diseases Database

Refractive errors: Deviations from the average or standard indices of refraction of the eye through its dioptric or refractive apparatus.
Source: MeSH 2007

Refractive errors: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Refractive errors:

• Refractive
• Refractive disease
• Refractive disorder
• Average
• Standard
• Indices
• Refraction
• Refraction disorder

Refractive errors as a Disease

Refractive errors: Another name for Refractive Eye Disorders (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Refractive Eye Disorders
  »Symptoms of Refractive Eye Disorders
  »Treatments for Refractive Eye Disorders

Refractive errors: Related Diseases

Refractive errors: Refractive errors is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Eye conditions
• Eye and vision conditions
• Head conditions

Causes of Refractive errors

Some of the causes of Refractive errors are included in the list below:

• Myopia
• Anisometropia
• Pathological myopia
• Hypermetropia
• Astigmatism

See full list of 6 causes of Refractive errors (Refractive Eye Disorders)

Symptoms of Refractive errors (Refractive Eye Disorders)

Some of the symptoms of Refractive errors incude:

• Vision difficulties
• Blurred vision

Read more about symptoms of Refractive errors (Refractive Eye Disorders)

Treatments for Refractive errors (Refractive Eye Disorders)

Treatments for Refractive errors (Refractive Eye Disorders) include:

• Eyeglasses
• Contact lenses

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Treatment of Refractive errors: For more treatment information about Refractive errors, see treatment of Refractive Eye Disorders (Refractive errors)

Refractive errors: Article Excerpts about Refractive Eye Disorders

About 120 million people in the United States wear eyeglasses or contact lenses to correct... (Source: excerpt from Facts About the Cornea and Corneal Disease: NEI)

About 120 million people in the United States wear eyeglasses or contact lenses to correct... (Source: excerpt from Facts About the Cornea and Corneal Disease: NEI)

Refractive errors: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Refractive errors:

• Astigmatism
• Astigmatic Keratotomy
• LASIK
• PRK
• Hyperopia and Presbyopia
• Conductive Keratoplasty
• Hyperopia
• Phakic IOL

Terms associated with Refractive errors:

Terms Similar to Refractive errors:

• Ametropia
• Refraction disorder

Source: Diseases Database

• Ametropia

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Refractive errors:

• Aniseikonia
• Astigmatism
• Hyperopia
• Myopia
• Presbyopia
• Anisometropia

Source - MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Refractive errors

The following list attempts to classify Refractive errors into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Eye Diseases
  • Refractive Errors

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