List Of Common Eye Disorders

Here are some of the more common eye disorders that most people suffer from, as well as their disorder eye remedy.

• Macular Degeneration: The breaking down of the macula inside the retina of your eye. This is one of the leading causes of blindness.

• Amblyopia: Also known as lazy eye, this eye disorder results in blurry vision because of interrupted image transmission to the brain.

• Astigmatism: The corneal lens has an abnormal curvature (not perfectly round), due to which different focal points fall in different planes, thus causing blurred eyesight.

• Conjunctivitis: The blood vessels in the membrane that covers the insides of your eye become inflamed, the cause of which could be harmful bacteria. This eye disorder is also known as ¡®pink eye¡¯ and is extremely contagious.

• Computer Vision Syndrome: An eye disorder that is caused due to prolonged use of a computer.  Common Symptoms include double/blurred vision, burning/tired eyes and even headaches

• Cataract: Light cannot be transmitted properly due to an opaque eye lens, thus causing reduced vision.

• Dry Eyes: When there isn¡¯t adequate moisture in the eyes, they start to feel itchy, dry, and sandy. Some of the causes of dry eyes are aging, low humidity levels(air-conditioned environment), contact lenses, post lasik side effects, excess smoke, and use of common medications such as anti-allergy pills and decongestants.

• Diabetic Retinopathy: An eye disorder of the retina that is caused due to changes in the eye blood vessels and generally seen in those who have diabetes.

• Floaters: Seeing dots, lines, or spots before your eyes that can affect normal sight. This disorder is generally the result of some debris or foreign material in the eye.  Generally harmless as it occurs to most people as they age, but should consider consulting a ophthalmologist if floaters increases rapidly or begin to affect normal vision.

• Glaucoma: Damage is caused to the optic nerve due to build up of fluid and eye pressure. The optic nerve is thus impaired and so is vision.

• Eye Herpes: A viral eye infection caused by the herpes simplex virus. Most infections are relatively mild, but severe ones can even cause blindness.

• Hyperopia: Also known as farsightedness, this disorder causes loss of a person¡¯s up-close vision, while the away vision is not affected.

• Iritis: An eye disorder that results from an swelling of the iris inside the eye.

• Low Vision: A person who has partial eyesight, or sight that cannot be fully corrected even with the use of eyeglasses or eye surgery, is said to be suffering from low vision. Possible causes include injury to the eye, lack of acuity, and hereditary factors.  Sometimes also known as amblyopia.

• Myopia: Also known as nearsightedness, myopia results in a person having impaired distance vision, while the close-up eyesight remains unaffected.

• Ophthalmoplegic Migraine: A type of migraine headache that is typically felt around the eyes. It is quite a rare eye disorder, which is generally caused due to weak eye muscles around the eyes.

• Presbyopia: An age related vision defect that usually occurs after the age of 40. Here too, near vision is affected while far vision may be perfect. This is caused due to the hardening of the eye lens, thus affecting eye accommodation.

• Retinal Detachment: This disorder occurs when the retina separates from the back of the eye.

• Snow Blindness: Also known as Arc Eye, this is quite a painful eye disorder that occurs due to exposure to extremely bright light.

• Squint: Also referred to as strabismus or crossed eyes, this happens when the eyes cannot point in the same direction at once.

• Stye: A stye is characterized by a tiny bump at the edge of the eye, or on the eyelid. It is a bacterial infection of the oil glands around the eyes and is typically not contagious, but can be quite painful.

• Trachoma: This is also an infection of the eye that is typically caused by poor eye hygiene and sanitation. It is becoming one of the leading causes of blindness, especially in under-developed countries. It is very contagious.

• Uveitis: This eye disorder occurs in the middle coat of the eye. It affects the blood vessels that supply oxygen and nutrients to the eye, and could thus be an indication of bigger eye problems.

Most eye disorder, can be effectively when treated early.  Hence, patients should have their eyes inspected regularly.  It was suggested that people aged 40 and above, especially those with high myopia, should have their eyes checked at least annually.

Keeping good eye health with eye care devices such as EyeRelax can be used to improve many an eye disorder such as myopia, presbyopia, astigmatism, amblyopia etc.  This would reduce the need to go for eye surgeries that are both costly and may be risky.