Nearsightedness : Complications

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Complications could include:
Complications can occur in people who use contact lenses (corneal ulcers and infections; Complications of laser vision correction are uncommon, but can be serious; People with myopia can, in rare cases, develop retinal detachments or retinal degen...
Source:ADAM
Date:November 13, 2007
Myopia is the medical term for nearsightedness. People with myopia see objects more clearly when they are close to the eye, while distant objects appear blurred or fuzzy. Reading and close-up work may be clear, but distance vision is blurry.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part I
Myopia is the medical term for nearsightedness. People with myopia see objects more clearly when they are close to the eye, while distant objects appear blurred or fuzzy. Reading and close-up work may be clear, but distance vision is less sharply ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Myopia is the medical term for nearsightedness. People with myopia see objects more clearly when they are close to the eye, while distant objects appear blurred or fuzzy. Reading and close-up work may be clear, but distance vision is blurry.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part II
Myopia is the medical term for nearsightedness. People with myopia see objects more clearly when they are close to the eye, while distant objects appear blurred or fuzzy. Reading and close-up work may be clear, but distance vision is blurry.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Myopia, or nearsightedness, is a condition in which objects in the distance are blurred either because the eye is too long or too strong. It is the result of both environmental and genetic factors.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Glaucoma refers to a group of disorders that lead to damage to the optic nerve, the nerve that carries visual information from the eye to the brain.
Source:ADAM
Date:November 13, 2007
Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases characterized by damage to the optic nerve usually due to excessively high intraocular pressure (IOP).This increased pressure within the eye, if untreated can lead to optic nerve damage resulting in progressive, permanent vision loss, starting with unnoticeable blind spots at the edges of the field of vision, progressing to tunnel vision, and then to blindness.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Glaucoma is a group of eye disorders that results in vision loss due to a failure to maintain the normal fluid balance within the eye. If fluid pressure builds up, then damage to the optic nerve occurs, leading to vision loss.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part II
Glaucoma is a group of eye disorders that results in vision loss due to a failure to maintain the normal fluid balance within the eye. If detected in its early stages, vision loss can be prevented through the use of medications or surgical procedures that restore the proper fluid drainage of the eye.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part I
Glaucoma is a slowly progressive eye condition that causes damage to the optic nerve. It is the leading cause of blindness among African-Americans and older adults in the United States.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Glaucoma is a condition where the optic nerve is subject to damage- usually, but not always, because of excessively high intraocular pressure (pressure within the eye, also called IOP). If untreated, the optic nerve damage results in progressive, permanent vision loss, starting with unnoticeable blind spots in the field of vision, progressing to tunnel vision, and then to blindness.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Macular degeneration is a disorder that affects the macula (the central part of the retina of the eye) causing decreased vision and possible loss of central vision.
Source:ADAM
Date:August 8, 2006
Macular degeneration (MD) is the progressive deterioration of the macula, the light-sensitive cells of the central retina, at the back of the eye. The retina is the sensitive membrane (soft layer) of the eye that receives the image formed by the lens and is connected with the brain by the optic nerve.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Macular degeneration is the progressive deterioration of a critical region of the retina called the macula. The macula is a 3-5 mm area in the retina that is responsible for central vision.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Macular degeneration is the progressive deterioration of a critical region of the retina called the macula. The macula is 3- 5 mm and is responsible for central vision .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Retinal detachment is a separation of the light-sensitive membrane in the back of the eye (the retina) from its supporting layers.
Source:ADAM
Date:October 20, 2006
Retinal detachment is movement of the transparent sensory part of the retina away from the outer pigmented layer of the retina. In other words, the moving away of the retina from the outer wall of the eyeball.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Retinal detachment is a serious eye disorder in which the retina, a thin tissue of cells located in the back of the eye, separates from the underlying tissue layers. There are three layers of the eyeball.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
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