List of eye diseases and disorders
From Freepedia
This is a partial list of eye diseases and disorders.
- Achromatopsia / Maskun — a low cone count or lack of function in cone cells
- Age-related macular degeneration — the photosensitive cells in the macula malfunction and over time cease to work
- Amblyopia aka lazy eye — poor or blurry vision due to either no transmission or poor transmission of the visual image to the brain
- Aniridia — a rare congenital eye condition leading to underdevelopment or even absence of the iris of the eye
- Anisometropia — the lenses of the two eyes have different focal lengths
- Arc eye aka snow blindness — a painful condition caused by exposure of unprotected eyes to bright light
- Argyll Robertson pupil
- Astigmatism — the cornea or the lens of the eye is not perfectly spherical, resulting in different focal points in different planes.
- Blepharitis
- Blindness — the brain does not receive optical information, through various causes
- Cataract — the lens becomes opaque
- Chalazion
- Color blindness — the inability to perceive differences between some or all colors that other people can distinguish
- Conjunctivitis — inflammation of the conjunctiva (the outermost layer of the eye and the inner surface of the eyelids)
- Diabetic retinopathy
- Esotropia — the tendency for eyes to become cross-eyed
- Exotropia — the tendency for eyes to look outward
- Floaters — shadow-like shapes which appear singly or together with several others in the field of vision
- Fuchs' dystrophy
- Glaucoma
- Hypermetropia
- Hyperopia aka Farsightedness — the inability to focus on near objects, often caused by the eyeball being too short
- Hypertensive retinopathy
- Iritis
- Keratitis
- Keratoconjunctivitis sicca
- Keratoconus — the cornea thins and changes shape to be more like a cone than a parabola
- Keratoconjunctivitis sicca — dry eyes
- Leber's congenital amaurosis
- Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy
- Macular degeneration
- Macular edema
- Myopia — also known as nearsightedness. It is a refractive error in which the image focuses in front of the
- Nyctalopia aka Nightblindness — a condition making it difficult or impossible to see in the dark
- River blindness
- Ophthalmoparesis, the partial or total paralysis of the eye muscles
- Presbyopia — a condition that occurs with growing age and results in the inability of the human eye to focus on objects up close
- Progressive external ophthalmoplegia
- Pterygium
- Red eye (medicine)
- Retinal detachment — the retina detaches from the choroid, leading to blurred and distorted vision
- Retinitis pigmentosa
- Retinopathy — general term referring to non-inflammatory damage to the retina of the eye
- Retinopathy of prematurity
- Retinoschisis — the retina separates into several layers and may detach
- Scleritis — a painful inflammation of the sclera
- Scotoma aka Blind spot
- Snow blindness / Arc eye — a painful condition caused by exposure of unprotected eyes to bright light
- Strabismus aka Crossed eye or Wandering eye (or, for one outward-turned eye, walleye) — a disorder of the
- Subconjunctival hemorrhage — burst blood vessels on eye.
- Uveitis — inflammatory process involving the interior of the eye.
See also
- Corrective lenses
- List of common diseases
- List of diseases, for a complete alphabetical listing of diseases
- List of eye surgeries
- Ocular manifestations of systemic disease
- Ophthalmology



