Eye diseases - diseases of the eyelid, lid, conjunctiva, lacrimal organs and eye cup.
Nearsightedness and farsightedness, eye astigmatism are also eye diseases. Eye diseases are congenital and acquired, infectious and non-infectious, acute and chronic, in one or both eyes. General diseases of the body: infectious (tuberculosis, wounds, rheumatism, influenza, diphtheria, typhus, etc.), parasitic (caused by various helminths, mas, echinococci), endocrine (diabetes, etc.), vascular (hypertensive disease, etc.) , blood diseases (leukemia), tumors (cancer, sarcoma, etc.), diseases of the central nervous system (meningitis, brain tumor), as well as the spread of the pathological process in the nasal cavity cause eye diseases. Eye infection, mechanical, chemical (acids and alkalis) and physical factors (heat, light, damage from radioactive light) also causes eye diseases. In diseases such as glaucoma, trachoma, severe eye damage and burns, the optic nerve can become blind if not treated in time. Ophthalmology studies the causes, treatment and prevention of eye diseases.
