Brief Description, Types, Sign and Symptoms, Causes And Treatment Of Episcleritis

Diffused Episclertis

Episcleritis is simply the Inflammation of the episclera-a thin, dense vascularised layer of connective tissue which covers the white part of the eye (sclera). Typically, episcleritis is benign, self-limiting (runs a limited course of 10 days to weeks and resolves spontaneously) and usually resolves on its own. Sometimes it may be accompanied by other diseases, such as lupus, gout, rosacea, psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis.

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Brief Description, Types, Sign and Symptoms, Causes And Treatment Of Viral Keratitis

herpes simplex keratitis

Herpes keratitis is a viral inflammatory infection of the cornea (the clear, round dome covering the dark colored part of the eye) which is caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV) and it is commonly called herpes simplex keratitis.

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Brief Description, Types, Sign and Symptoms, Causes And Treatment Of Fungal Keratitis

Fungal keratitis is an inflammatory infection of the cornea (the clear, round dome covering the dark colored part of the eye) which is caused by fungal organism. 

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Brief Description, Types, Sign and Symptoms, Causes And Treatment Of Bacterial keratitis

Bacterial keratitis is an inflammatory infection of the cornea (the clear, round dome covering the dark colored part of the eye) which is caused by bacteria. 

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Brief Description, Types, Sign and Symptoms, Causes And Treatment Of Dry Eye Syndrome

Dry eye occurs due to improper or insufficient production of tears to lubricate and nourish the eyes.  In addition, inflammatory reactions of the eye surface may occur along with dry eye. 

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Brief Description, Types, Sign and Symptoms, Causes And Treatment Of Dacryoadenitis

Chronic dacryoadenitis

Dacryoadenitis is simply an inflammation of the tear-producing gland (lacrimal gland). Dacryoadenitis may be acute or chronic. Dacryoadenitis is one of several inflammations of the lacrimal system, along with dacryocystitis, blepharitis and canaliculitis; in particular it is concentrated in the lacrimal gland which functions to produce tears that lubricate and clean the eyes.

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Brief Description, Types, Sign and Symptoms, Causes And Treatment Of Dacryocystitis

Dacryocystitis is simply an inflammation of the lacrimal sac which may be caused by infection. The lacrimal sac helps drain excess tears from the eye. The lacrimal sac starts near the inner corner of the eye and runs along the side of the nose.Tears move through tear ducts into this sac.

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Brief Description, Types, Sign and Symptoms, Causes And Treatment Of Pterygium

Pterygium (plural; pterygia) is a degenerative condition of the conjunctiva characterized by an elevated, wing-shaped growth of the scleral conjunctiva that encroaches upon the cornea from either side especially from the nasal side. 

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Brief Description, Types, Sign and Symptoms, Causes And Treatment Of Pinguecula

Pinguecula (plural; pingueculae) is a degenerative condition of the conjunctiva characterized by formation of a yellowish white patch on the white part of the eye (sclera), close to the edge of the cornea (limbus). 

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Brief Description, Types, Sign and Symptoms, Causes And Treatment Of Hordeolum

Hordeolum or stye is a small, painful localized swelling on the inside or outside of the eyelid. Stye is actually an abscess filled with pus and is usually caused by a staphylococcus bacteria eye infection. 

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Brief Description, Types, Sign and Symptoms, Causes And Treatment Of Ophthalmia Neonatorum

Ophthalmia neonatorum is a bilateral inflammation of the conjunctiva occurring in an infant, less than 30 days old. It is a preventable disease which usually occurs as a result of carelessness at the time of birth.

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Brief Description, Types, Sign and Symptoms, Causes And Treatment Of Conjunctivitis

Conjunctivitis or Pink eye is an inflammation or infection of the transparent membrane (conjunctiva) that lines the eyelid and covers the white part of the eyeball. When small blood vessels in the conjunctiva become inflamed, they become more visible. 

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Brief Description, Sign and Symptoms, Causes And Treatment Of Blepharitis

Blepharitis is an extremely common disease defined as a subacute or chronic inflammation of the lid margins. It is divided into following clinical types:

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Brief Description, Types, Sign and Symptoms, Causes And Treatment Of Heterophoria

This is a condition in which the tendency of the eyes to deviate is kept latent by fusion. When fusion is removed the visual axis of one eye deviates away.

It is also called latent strabismus. There are four main types of heterophoria and they include:

Esophoria

This is a tendency of the eyes to converge. It is more common in younger age groups. It may come in form of the following:

Convergence Excess; This occurs when there is high esophoria at near than at far and is usually found in uncorrected hyperopia and recently corrected myopia. It comes with the following symptoms; Frontal headache, ocular fatigue, blurred vision and initial of accommodation at prolonged near work. There is high AC/A ratio and reduced negative fusional reserve (NFR). 

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The Aging Eye

As one ages, certain eye changes that are attributed to the aging process starts occurring. In old people, visual changes due to refractive error is one of the most frequent reasons for consultation with an eye care practitioner and

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How Diabetes Affect Your Eyes

Although diabetes affects the eyes in various ways, the main vision problem is the one it does on the retina (diabetic retinopathy). Diabetes affects the eye in the following ways.

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How HIV Affect Your Eyes

Many systemic diseases manifest in the eyes and HIV/AIDS is not an exception. HIV degrades the body’s ability to fight infections thereby exposing the body to various pathogens that poses threat to humans.

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Blurred Vision: Causes And Treatment Options

Blurred vision refers to lack of sharpness of vision resulting in the inability to see fine detail. Blurred vision may result from refractive errors such as near-or farsightedness which requires corrective lenses. It maybe a symptom of eye disease or symptom of conditions that do not directly involve the eye, such as migraine or stroke.

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