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| Blepharitis inflammation of the lash follicles at the eyelid margins. The cause is excess growth of bacteria that is normally present on the skin. |
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| Corneal Abrasion/Erosion/Dystrophy |
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| Erosion is a breakdown of the outer layer of the skin, usually because of a cut, scrape, or inflammation. See ulcers. |
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| Conjunctivitis is an inflammation or infection of the membrane lining the eyelids |
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| Epikeratophakia is a refractive surgical procedure in which a donor cornea is transplanted to the anterior surface of the patient's cornea |
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| cells in an inner layer of the cornea called the "endothelium" start dying off (sometimes this disease is called "Endothelial Dystrophy"). |
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| normally round cornea thins and begins to bulge into a cone-like shape. |
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| Gland found in the eyelid that produces the outer oily layer of the three-layer tear film that lubricates the eye. |
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| A cornea transplant, which replaces damaged tissue on the eye's clear surface, also is referred to as a corneal transplant, keratoplasty, penetrating keratoplasty (PK) or corneal graft. |
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| A yellowish, thickened lesion on the conjunctiva near the cornea. Pingueculae represent a benign degenerative change in the conjunctiva caused by the leakage and deposition of certain blood proteins through the permeable capillaries near the limbus. |
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| wedge- or wing-shaped growths of benign fibrous tissue with blood vessels (fibrovascular), typically located on the surface of the sclera. In extreme cases, pterygia may grow onto the eye's cornea and interfere with vision |
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| Tiny openings through which tears drain away from the eyes. Four puncta are in the nasal corner of the eye — two in the upper inner eyelid and two in the lower inner eyelid. |
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| Sub-conjunctival Hemorrhage |
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| (bleeding under the conjunctiva). A subconjunctival hemorrhage appears as a bright red or dark red patch on the sclera. |
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| bsence or loss of the eye's natural crystalline lens, as after cataract removal. |
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| relieve intraocular pressure by removing part of the eye's trabecular meshwork |
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Partial or complete opacity on or in the lens or capsule of one or both eyes, impairing vision or causing blindness |
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| modern cataract surgery in which the eye's internal lens is emulsified with an ultrasonic handpiece and aspirated from the eye |
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| hole is made in the periphery (outer part) of the iris by removing a full-thickness piece from the iris in order to treat a specific type of glaucoma called narrow-angle glaucoma (or angle-closure glaucoma) |
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Nuclear Sclerotic/Cortical/Sub-capsular Cataract
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| Normotensive/closed-angle/open-angle Glaucoma |
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| shift in vision from far to near due to aging |
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| The pressure created by the continual renewal of fluids within the eye. |
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| .An artificial lens made of plastic, silicone, acrylic or other material that is implanted inside the eye during cataract surgery. Abbreviated IOL. |
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