Uveitis is a type of eye inflammation that can affects all layers of your eye. Warning signs for Uveitis often come on suddenly and worsen quickly. Symptoms include eye redness, pain, and blurred vision. Many causes of uveitis are unknown but some can be a sign of other medical issues and...
If the object is difficult to remove, if the athlete has vision problems or blood in the eye, or if the foreign object has penetrated the globe or surrounding tissue, immediately refer the patient to an eye care professional. Immediate management of suspected corneal injury requires covering or...
Fuchs' dystrophy: This condition causes cells in the eye to stop working, which leads to your cornea swelling. It can cause serious vision problems, pain, and swelling of the cornea. You also might: Have blurred vision in the morning that improves later in the day See a glare or a halo...
Fuchs’ dystrophy, a condition in which the inner layer (endothelial) cells of the cornea die, causing the cornea to swell and thicken and vision to become blurred Keratoconus, a condition that causes the cornea to be cone-shaped instead of dome-shaped Infections, which cause permanent damage ...
A graft replaces central corneal tissue, damaged due to disease or eye injury, with healthy corneal tissue donated from a local eye bank. An unhealthy cornea affects your vision by scattering or distorting light and causing glare andblurred vision. A cornea transplant may be necessary to restore...
Fuchs’ Corneal Dystrophy is an inherited disease of the cornea causing cells of the corneal layer to die. These cells when healthy pump fluid to the cornea keeping it nice and clear. As the cells die fluid builds up, vision becomes cloudy and the cornea swells and becomes thick and puffy...
bleeding and more. Although rare, there is a risk of transplant rejection, which may result in redness, sensitivity to light and blurred vision. On occasion, the transplant may fail to function and a repeat surgery may be needed to replace the corneal graft with a new corneal donor tissue....
blurred vision; and eye discomfort with contact lens wear. There can be multiple causes of a dry eye condition, and these are some of the possibilities: lid or blinking problems (for instance, an injury or stroke affecting one of the nerves which helps us blink); reading or working ...