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It may cause luminous objects to appear as cylindrical pipes with the same intensity at all points. Multiple images made by extremely high contrast light sources as seen by a person with keratoconus. The classic symptom of keratoconus is the perception of multiple "ghost" images, known as monocular polyopia.
Thygeson's superficial punctate keratopathy (TSPK) is a disease of the eyes.The causes of TSPK are not currently known, but details of the disease were first published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1950 by American ophthalmologist Phillips Thygeson (1903–2002), after whom it is named.
Keratoconus, a progressive, noninflammatory, bilateral, asymmetric disease, characterized by paraxial stromal thinning and weakening that leads to corneal surface distortion. [ 2 ] Keratoglobus , a rare noninflammatory corneal thinning disorder, characterised by generalised thinning and globular protrusion of the cornea.
Rarely, coexisting vasculitis may cause neurological complications. These occurrences can start with mild headaches that steadily worsen in pain and onset, and can include attacks of dysesthesia . This type of deterioration happens usually if the lesions involve the fovea .
Dermatochalasis can be severe enough that it pushes the eyelashes into the eye, causing entropion. [2] Weakness in the orbital septum may cause the herniation of the orbital fat pads. [3] This is observed as the presence of bulges (fat pads) in the soft tissue of the baggy eyes. [3]
When you have dermatitis in your scalp, it causes inflammation that can irritate the nerves in that area, leading to pain, says Gary Goldenberg, M.D., a board-certified dermatologist practicing in ...
Conjunctivochalasis, also known as mechanical dry eye (MDE), is a common eye surface condition characterized by the presence of excess folds of the conjunctiva located between the globe of the eye and the eyelid margin.
Cases of norovirus — the virulent, wildly contagious virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea — are increasing in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control says, reporting double the amount of ...