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Sympathetic ophthalmia ( SO ), also called spared eye injury, is a diffuse granulomatous inflammation of the uveal layer of both eyes following trauma to one eye. It can leave the affected person completely blind. Symptoms may develop from days to several years after a penetrating eye injury. It typically results from a delayed hypersensitivity ...
Intraocular hemorrhage may be caused by physical trauma (direct injury to the eye); ocular surgery (such as to repair cataracts); or other diseases, injuries, or disorders (such as diabetes, hypertension, or shaken baby syndrome). [2] Severe bleeding may cause high pressure inside the eye, leading to blindness.
A subconjunctival bleeding is typically a self-limiting condition that requires no treatment unless there is evidence of an eye infection or there has been significant eye trauma. Artificial tears may be applied four to six times a day if the eye feels dry or scratchy. [10] The elective use of aspirin is typically discouraged.
Prevention. Eye protection [ 1] Frequency. 3 per 1,000 per year (United States) [ 1] Corneal abrasion is a scratch to the surface of the cornea of the eye. [ 3] Symptoms include pain, redness, light sensitivity, and a feeling like a foreign body is in the eye. [ 1] Most people recover completely within three days. [ 1]
Epidural hematoma is when bleeding occurs between the tough outer membrane covering the brain (dura mater) and the skull. [ 4] When this condition occurs in the spinal canal, it is known as a spinal epidural hematoma. [ 4] There may be loss of consciousness following a head injury, a brief regaining of consciousness, and then loss of ...
Berlin's oedema [ 1] Berlin's edema ( commotio retinae) a common condition caused by blunt injury to the eye. [ 2] It is characterized by decreased vision in the injured eye a few hours after the injury. Under examination the retina appears opaque and white in colour in the periphery but the blood vessels are normally seen along with "cherry ...
Intraventricular hemorrhage ( IVH ), also known as intraventricular bleeding, is a bleeding into the brain's ventricular system, where the cerebrospinal fluid is produced and circulates through towards the subarachnoid space. It can result from physical trauma or from hemorrhagic stroke . 30% of intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) are primary ...
ICD-9 chapters; Chapter Block Title I 001–139: Infectious and Parasitic Diseases II 140–239: Neoplasms III 240–279: Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases, and Immunity Disorders