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There are many diseases known to cause ocular or visual changes. Diabetes , for example, is the leading cause of new cases of blindness in those aged 20–74, with ocular manifestations such as diabetic retinopathy and macular edema affecting up to 80% of those who have had the disease for 15 years or more.
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.
50–66% at some time [ 1 ][ 3 ] Hemorrhoids (or haemorrhoids ), also known as piles, are vascular structures in the anal canal. [ 7 ][ 8 ] In their normal state, they are cushions that help with stool control. [ 2 ] They become a disease when swollen or inflamed; the unqualified term hemorrhoid is often used to refer to the disease. [ 8 ]
Cancer - Peregrine Laziosi; Breast cancer - Agatha; Stomach cancer, youth, people who suffer from shyness - Alfie Lambe; Invoked against cattle diseases - Berlinda of Meerbeke [4] Chest problems, lung problems, gambling addictions- Bernardino of Siena; Invoked during childbirth and against diseases of the eye - Hemma of Gurk
Specialty. Oncology. An eye neoplasm is a tumor of the eye. [ 1] A rare type of tumor, [ 2] eye neoplasms can affect all parts of the eye, and can either be benign or malignant ( cancerous ), in which case it is known as eye cancer. [ 3] Eye cancers can be primary (starts within the eye) or metastatic cancer (spread to the eye from another organ).
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as hemorrhagic stroke, is a sudden bleeding into the tissues of the brain (i.e. the parenchyma), into its ventricles, or into both. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 1 ] An ICH is a type of bleeding within the skull and one kind of stroke (ischemic stroke being the other).
Uveal melanoma is a type of eye cancer in the uvea of the eye. [3] It is traditionally classed as originating in the iris, choroid, and ciliary body, but can also be divided into class I (low metastatic risk) and class II (high metastatic risk). [3] Symptoms include blurred vision, loss of vision or photopsia, but there may be no symptoms. [4]
Researchers with the American Cancer Society (ACS) assessed rates of 34 different cancers among those born between 1920 and 1990, based on how many were diagnosed with or died of the disease from ...