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Category: disease

 

Unfortunately, as with the rest of our body, there are many diseases that can effect our eyes. Most are obscure and exotic, and few of us will ever experience them outside of medical textbooks.

There are, however, a small handful of diseases that are part of the common experience.  We list most of them here along with consice definitions and relevant information so that you can be better informed. Whether it's you or it's a loved one is experiencing eye problems, you owe it to yourself to be better informed.

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Entries

Sep 02, 2010
Cataracts are the opaque, or milky, areas that can form in...
Jul 21, 2010
It is common for the macula to break down as one ages....
Jul 21, 2010
The macula deteriorates as one ages. Sometimes, the...
Jul 21, 2010
see “Stargardt’s Disease”
Jul 21, 2010
1 in 10,000 people has Stargardt’s disease. It is an...
Jul 21, 2010
A serous pigment epithelial detachment occurs when the...
Jul 21, 2010
A rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) occurs when the...
Jul 21, 2010
Any change in the retina due to disease or damage is called...
Jul 21, 2010
Retinitis pigmentosa is one in a group of diseases...
Jul 21, 2010
An occlusion is a blockage that occurs in a blood vessel as...
Jul 21, 2010
Retinal angiotamous proliferation (RAP) occurs when...
Jul 21, 2010
The retinal pigment epithelial layer is a single layer of...
Jul 21, 2010
A pseudovitelliform detachment occurs when the macula...
Jul 21, 2010
Pseudodrusen are small, yellow deposits made of the same...
Jul 21, 2010
Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) refers to a network...
Jul 21, 2010
A common term for myopia is nearsightedness....
Jul 21, 2010
Also called classic, type 2 neovascularization refers to...
Jul 21, 2010
Also called occult, type 1 neovascularization refers to new...
Jul 21, 2010
Macular telangiectasia is a poorly understood disease that...
Jul 21, 2010
Macular telangiectasia is a poorly understood disease that...
Jul 21, 2010
see "Macular Fibrosis"
Jul 21, 2010
A macular hole, also known as a macular cyst, is a small...
Jul 21, 2010
Macular fibrosis is a condition also referred to as a...
Jul 21, 2010
see "Macular Hole"
Jul 21, 2010
Leber’s Miliary Aneurysm is an interchangeable term for a...
Jul 21, 2010
see "Macular Telangiectasia- Type 2"
Jul 21, 2010
see "Macular Telangiectasia- Type 2"
Jul 21, 2010
When new blood vessels originating from the choroid appear...
Jul 21, 2010
Hereditary chorioretinal dystrophies are group of inherited...
Jul 21, 2010
Geographic atrophy is a distinct, sharply delineated area...
Jul 20, 2010
see "Macular Fibrosis"
Jul 20, 2010
Drusen are the yellow deposits that form beneath the retina...
Jul 20, 2010
In some areas where drusen are present, there is an...
Jul 20, 2010
Small, hard, yellow protein deposits that appear under the...
Jul 20, 2010
Retinopathy that occurs as a result of diabetes is called...
Jul 20, 2010
see "Coat’s Disease"
Jul 20, 2010
Coat’s Disease is also called congenital telangiectasia. It...
Jul 20, 2010
An occlusion is a blockage that occurs in a blood vessel as...
Jul 20, 2010
Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) occurs when fluid...
Jul 20, 2010
An occlusion is a blockage that occurs in a blood vessel as...
Jul 20, 2010
see "Macular Fibrosis"
Jul 20, 2010
This type of occlusion occurs when a small branch retinal...
Jul 20, 2010
Best’s disease is a disease categorized as a hereditary...
Jul 20, 2010
Basal laminar drusen are small, round, uniformly sized,...
Jul 20, 2010
It is common for the macula to break down as one ages....
Jul 20, 2010
Adult Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy is closely related to...