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Frequency. ~2% (children) [3] Strabismus is a vision disorder in which the eyes do not properly align with each other when looking at an object. [2] The eye that is pointed at an object can alternate. [3] The condition may be present occasionally or constantly. [3] If present during a large part of childhood, it may result in amblyopia, or lazy ...
Neonatal conjunctivitis is a form of conjunctivitis (inflammation of the outer eye) which affects newborn babies following birth. It is typically due to neonatal bacterial infection, although it can also be non-infectious (e.g. chemical exposure). [1] Infectious neonatal conjunctivitis is typically contracted during vaginal delivery from ...
Esotropia (from Greek eso 'inward' and trope 'a turning' [1]) is a form of strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward. The condition can be constantly present, or occur intermittently, and can give the affected individual a "cross-eyed" appearance. [2] It is the opposite of exotropia and usually involves more severe axis deviation than ...
Symptoms: Near blur, Distance and near blur, Asthenopia [2] Complications: Accommodative dysfunction, binocular dysfunction, amblyopia, strabismus [3] Causes: Axial length of eyeball is too short, lens or cornea is flatter than normal, aphakia [2] Risk factors: Ageing, hereditary [2] Diagnostic method: Eye exam: Differential diagnosis
Frequency. 1 in 40,000 newborns [1] Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is a rare inherited eye disease that appears at birth or in the first few months of life. [2] It affects about 1 in 40,000 newborns. [1] LCA was first described by Theodor Leber in the 19th century. [3][4] It should not be confused with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy ...
Frequency. ~2% of adults [5] Amblyopia, also called lazy eye, is a disorder of sight in which the brain fails to fully process input from one eye and over time favors the other eye. [1] It results in decreased vision in an eye that typically appears normal in other aspects. [1] Amblyopia is the most common cause of decreased vision in a single ...
Duane syndrome is a congenital rare type of strabismus most commonly characterized by the inability of the eye to move outward. The syndrome was first described by ophthalmologists Jakob Stilling (1887) and Siegmund Türk (1896), and subsequently named after Alexander Duane, who discussed the disorder in more detail in 1905. [2]
Congenital blindness is a hereditary disease and can be treated by gene therapy. Visual loss in children or infants can occur either at the prenatal stage (during the time of conception or intrauterine period) or postnatal stage (immediately after birth). [3] There are multiple possible causes of congenital blindness.