Optic Nerve Compression results in progressive, and often painless, vision loss. In features of anterior and posterior compressive optic neuropathy. We next review the common causes of compressive optic neuropathy, which include orbital tumors (e.g., optic nerve sheath meningioma, optic Read More …
Category: Eye & Vision Care
Optic Nerve Cysts – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Cysts of the optic nerve sheaths are exceptional, and the differential diagnosis with a slow evolutive tumor is very difficult. In the case of cysts of both optic nerves, with the progressive loss of vision that we are reporting, the Read More …
Coloboma of the Optic Nerve – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Coloboma of the optic nerve is a congenital eye abnormality in which the optic nerve (which carries images of what the eye sees to the brain) is incompletely formed. The condition may occur in one or both eyes. The degree of visual Read More …
Toxic and Nutritional Optic Neuropathies
Toxic and nutritional optic neuropathies both present clinically with symmetric progressive bilateral vision loss, decreased color vision, central or cecocentral scotomas on formal visual field testing, and no relative afferent pupillary defect because of the symmetric nature of optic nerve Read More …
Optic Atrophy – Causes, Symptoms, treatment
Optic atrophy is a pathological term referring to optic nerve shrinkage caused by the degeneration of retinal ganglion cell (RGC) axons. The term “optic atrophy” is regarded as a misnomer since atrophy implies disuse. Therefore, a better term for optic Read More …
What Is Melanoma? – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Melanoma of the uveal tract (iris, ciliary body, and choroid), though rare, is the most common primary intraocular malignancy in adults. The mean age-adjusted incidence of uveal melanoma in the United States is approximately 4.3 new cases per million people, Read More …
The Retina – Anatomy, Functions and More
The retina is a layer of photoreceptors cells and glial cells within the eye that captures incoming photons and transmits them along neuronal pathways as both electrical and chemical signals for the brain to perceive a visual picture. The retina Read More …
Structure and Functions of Eyes
Structure and Functions of Eyes/A histological understanding of the layers of the eye is essential for appreciating disease pathophysiology and also understanding certain therapeutic approaches. Broadly, from an anatomical perspective, the eye can be viewed as a series of overlapping Read More …
Retinoblastoma – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Retinoblastoma (Rb) is a rare form of cancer that rapidly develops from the immature cells of a retina, the light-detecting tissue of the eye. It is the most common primary malignant intraocular cancer in children, and it is almost exclusively found in young children.[rx] Retinoblastoma is Read More …
What Is The Latest Treatment of Hair Loss
What Is The Latest Treatment of Hair Loss/Hair loss also is known as alopecia or baldness, refers to a loss of hair from part of the head or body. Typically at least the head is involved. The severity of hair loss can vary from a small area Read More …
Hordeolum, Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Hordeolum is a common problem involving the eye seen in both primary and urgent care setting. It is a painful, acute infectious process of the upper or lower eyelid. Classically a hordeolum appears as a small pustule along the margin Read More …
Style Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Style also known as a hordeolum is a common problem involving the eye seen in both primary and urgent care setting. It is a painful, acute infectious process of the upper or lower eyelid. Classically a hordeolum appears as a Read More …