Eye
The eye is a sighting tool that enables us to see things that it is the gift of God that can not be valued at a price. Environmental factors, patterns, lifestyles, behaviors and daily practices of the individual may cause damage to the eye and some eye health related diseases.
Some eye diseases
Ophthalmology
Ophthalmia is an inflammation of the conjunctiva lining the eyelids and then reflected on the surface of the eye, and in several forms the most common spring sheath and called spring because the disease is irritated in the spring affected by the dust of flowers of trees and other flowers.
Symptoms are ophthalmia
- Redness of the eye and increase the secretion of tears.
- Feeling of a foreign body.
- The disease may affect the conjunctiva only.
Trachoma
Trachoma is a disease transmitted from person to person by direct contact or through the use of clothing or towels of a person infected, which is a chronic inflammation of the mucosa, which covers the eyeball and causes heartburn in the eye and produces secretions and puffiness and swelling in the eyelids of the eye and adhesion to some, You should consult your doctor if you have signs of the disease to get appropriate treatment, because if the disease delayed treatment will cause loss of sight.
For prevention of trachoma: Do not use the needs of an injured person, maintain personal and household hygiene, the environment, get rid of waste and eliminate flies.
Corneal injury
It is the window of the transparent front eye which is the light through which the eye to see clearly and injury cornea and diseases or cases of genetic disease that the injury of the cornea and diseases may be painful and sometimes the pain may be over our capacity.
Causes of corneal injury: The direct infection of the eye with a sharp object and there are other things that can affect the cornea Bndabat and infected by infection whether bacterial or fungal or viral are the most common causes of acute infection cornea and ulceration and some problems of cornea hereditary and may lead to blindness or loss of vision, Eye consultant It is essential that proper diagnosis and early treatment may prevent blindness.
Optic neuritis
The optic nerve is the optic nerve. It transmits images that our eyes see to the brain in the form of electrical pulses. When optic nerve inflammation becomes its tissues, the nerve fibers do not function properly.
Causes of optic neuritis: Some people, especially children, may become infected with optic neuritis after a viral infection such as measles or fever.
Symptoms: Suddenly appear and feel the patient’s blurred vision in one of the eyes should be maintained eye and consult the doctor and visit to check on the eye.
High pressure eye
It has several reasons:
- Recurrent iritis.
- Long use of cortisone compounds in the form of drops.
- Central venous occlusion of the retina.