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Eye disease

AI overview

A health condition negatively affecting the eye.

Key points
  • This is a partial list of human eye diseases and disorders.
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    This is a partial list of human eye diseases and disorders .
  • The list uses the World Health Organization's ICD-10 classification.
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    This list uses that classification.
  • A retinal vessel occlusion is a blockage in the blood vessel at the back of the eye that can result in sight loss.
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    A retinal vessel occlusion is a blockage in the blood vessel at the back of your eye that can result in sight loss.
Symptoms
  • Conjunctivitis is an inflammation of the conjunctiva commonly due to an infection or an allergic reaction.
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    inflammation of the conjunctiva commonly due to an infection or an allergic reaction
  • Scleritis is a painful inflammation of the sclera.
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    a painful inflammation of the sclera
  • Snow blindness or Arc eye is a painful condition caused by exposure of unprotected eyes to bright light.
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    a painful condition caused by exposure of unprotected eyes to bright light
  • Fuchs' dystrophy causes cloudy morning vision.
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    cloudy morning vision
  • Keratoconjunctivitis sicca causes dry eyes.
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    dry eyes
  • Cataract causes the lens to become opaque.
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    the lens becomes opaque
  • Myopia causes close objects to appear clearly, but far ones do not.
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    close object appears clearly, but far ones do not
  • Hypermetropia causes nearby objects to appear blurry.
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    Nearby objects appears blurry
  • Presbyopia is the inability to focus on nearby objects.
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    inability to focus on nearby objects
  • Age-related macular degeneration causes the photosensitive cells in the macula to malfunction and over time cease to work.
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    the photosensitive cells in the macula malfunction and over time cease to work
  • Macular degeneration causes loss of central vision.
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    loss of central vision, due to macular degeneration
  • Retinitis pigmentosa is a genetic disorder where tunnel vision is preceded by night-blindness.
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    tunnel vision preceded by night-blindness
  • Macular edema causes distorted central vision due to a swollen macula.
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    distorted central vision, due to a swollen macula
  • Strabismus is a condition where the eyes do not point in the same direction.
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    the eyes do not point in the same direction
  • Amblyopia causes poor or blurry vision due to poor transmission of the visual image to the brain.
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    poor or blurry vision due to either no transmission or poor transmission of the visual image to the brain
  • Scotoma is an area impairment of vision surrounded by a field of relatively well-preserved vision.
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    an area impairment of vision surrounded by a field of relatively well-preserved vision
  • Color blindness is the inability to perceive differences between some or all colors.
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    the inability to perceive differences between some or all colors that other people can distinguish
  • Nyctalopia makes it difficult or impossible to see in the dark.
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    a condition making it difficult or impossible to see in the dark
  • Blindness occurs when the brain does not receive optical information.
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    the brain does not receive optical information, through various causes
  • Red eye is when the conjunctiva appears red typically due to illness or injury.
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    conjunctiva appears red typically due to illness or injury
Diagnosis
  • The World Health Organization publishes a classification of known diseases and injuries called the ICD-10.
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    The World Health Organization (WHO) publishes a classification of known diseases and injuries, the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems , or ICD-10.
Red flags
  • Diabetic retinopathy could eventually lead to blindness.
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    which could eventually lead to blindness
  • A retinal vessel occlusion can result in sight loss.
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    can result in sight loss
  • River blindness is blindness caused by long-term infection by a parasitic worm.
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    blindness caused by long-term infection by a parasitic worm
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Box containing forty-five glass eyeballs representing a variety of eye pathologies (Sorbonne University).

This is a partial list of human eye diseases and disorders.

The World Health Organization (WHO) publishes a classification of known diseases and injuries, the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, or ICD-10. This list uses that classification.

  • (H25) Cataract – the lens becomes opaque
  • (H26) Myopia – close object appears clearly, but far ones do not
  • (H27) Hypermetropia – Nearby objects appears blurry
  • (H28) Presbyopia – inability to focus on nearby objects
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H30 Chorioretinal inflammation

(H30) Chorioretinal inflammation

H31 Other disorders of choroid

(H31) Other disorders of choroid

H32 Chorioretinal disorders in diseases classified elsewhere

(H32) Chorioretinal disorders in diseases classified elsewhere

H33 Retinal detachments and breaks

  • (H33) Retinal detachment with retinal break
    • Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
  • (H33.1) Retinoschisis and retinal cysts — the retina separates into several layers and may detach
    • Cyst of ora serrata
    • Parasitic cyst of retina NOS
    • Pseudocyst of retina
      • Excludes: congenital retinoschisis (Q14.1)
        • microcystoid degeneration of retina (H35.4)
  • (H33.2) Serous retinal detachment
  • (H33.3) Retinal breaks without detachment
    • Horseshoe tear of retina, without detachment
    • Round hole of retina, without detachment
    • Operculum
    • Retinal break NOS
      • Excludes: chorioretinal scars after surgery for detachment (H59.8)
      • peripheral retinal degeneration without break (H35.4)
  • (H33.4) Traction detachment of retina
  • (H33.5) Other retinal detachments[2]

H34 Retinal vascular occlusions

A retinal vessel occlusion is a blockage in the blood vessel at the back of your eye that can result in sight loss.

H35 Other retinal disorders

H36 Retinal disorders in diseases classified elsewhere

H43 Disorders of vitreous body

H44 Disorders of globe

Includes: disorders affecting multiple structures of eye

H45 Disorders of vitreous body and globe in diseases classified elsewhere

  • (H49-H50) Strabismus (Crossed eye/Wandering eye/Walleye) – the eyes do not point in the same direction
  • H52 Disorders of refraction and accommodation
    • (H52.0) Hypermetropia (Farsightedness) – the inability to focus on near objects (and in extreme cases, any objects)
    • (H52.1) Myopia (Nearsightedness) – distant objects appear blurred
    • (H52.2) Astigmatism – the cornea or the lens of the eye is not perfectly spherical, resulting in different focal points in different planes
    • (H52.3) Anisometropia – the lenses of the two eyes have different focal lengths
    • (H52.4) Presbyopia – a condition that occurs with growing age and results in the inability to focus on close objects
    • (H52.5) Disorders of accommodation

  • (H53.0) Amblyopia (lazy eye) – poor or blurry vision due to either no transmission or poor transmission of the visual image to the brain
  • (H53.0) Leber's congenital amaurosis – genetic disorder; appears at birth, characterised by sluggish or no pupillary responses
  • (H53.1, H53.4) Scotoma (blind spot) – an area impairment of vision surrounded by a field of relatively well-preserved vision. See also Anopsia.
  • (H53.5) Color blindness – the inability to perceive differences between some or all colors that other people can distinguish
  • (H53.6) Nyctalopia (Night blindness) – a condition making it difficult or impossible to see in the dark
  • (H54) Blindness – the brain does not receive optical information, through various causes

The following are not classified as diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00–H59) by the World Health Organization:[4]

  • (B36.1) Keratomycosis – fungal infection of the cornea
  • (E50.6–E50.7) Xerophthalmia – dry eyes, caused by vitamin A deficiency
  • (Q13.1) Aniridia – a rare congenital eye condition leading to underdevelopment or even absence of the iris of the eye

Please see the References section below for the complete listing of information.
  1. 1 2 3 4 World Health Organization ICD-10 codes: Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59). . Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  2. ↑ "ICD-10 - Disorders of choroid and retina (H30-H36)". icd.who.int. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  3. ↑ "ICD-10 - Disorders of vitreous body and globe (H43-H45)". icd.who.int. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  4. ↑ International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. 10th Revision. Version for 2007.