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  2. Lightheadedness - Wikipedia

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    Keeping a sense of balance requires the brain to process a variety of information received from the eyes, the nervous system, and the inner ears. If the brain is unable to process these signals, such as when the messages are contradictory, or if the sensory systems are improperly functioning, an individual may experience lightheadedness or ...

  3. Anisometropia - Wikipedia

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    In this example the first eye, with a −1.00 diopter prescription, is the stronger eye, needing only slight correction to sharpen the image formed, and hence a thin spectacle lens. The second eye, with a −4.00 diopter prescription, is the weaker eye, needing moderate correction to sharpen the image formed, and hence a moderately thick ...

  4. Blepharospasm - Wikipedia

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    Hormone replacement therapy for women going through menopause has been found to be associated with dry eyes, [13] which in turn is associated with blepharospasm. Blepharospasm can be caused by concussions in some rare cases, when a blow to the back of the head damages the basal ganglia. [36] Blepharospasm is associated with exposure to the sun ...

  5. Oculesics - Wikipedia

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    In many cultures, men are not expected to cry but may experience damp eyes in place of crying. Pupil dilation – Pupil dilation may be harder to detect by most people. Sexual desire may be a cause of such dilation. It may also be an indication of attraction. Physiologically, the eyes dilate when it is darker to let in more light. Rubbing of ...

  6. Relative afferent pupillary defect - Wikipedia

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    When the test is performed in an eye with an afferent pupillary defect, light directed in the affected eye will cause only mild constriction of both pupils (due to decreased response to light from the afferent defect), while light in the unaffected eye will cause a normal constriction of both pupils (due to an intact efferent path, and an ...

  7. Dilated fundus examination - Wikipedia

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    Dilated fundus examination (DFE) is a diagnostic procedure that uses mydriatic eye drops to dilate or enlarge the pupil in order to obtain a better view of the fundus of the eye. [1] Once the pupil is dilated, examiners use ophthalmoscopy to view the eye's interior, which makes it easier to assess the retina , optic nerve head , blood vessels ...

  8. Convergence insufficiency - Wikipedia

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    The symptoms and signs associated with convergence insufficiency are related to prolonged, visually demanding, near-centered tasks. They may include, but are not limited to, diplopia (double vision), asthenopia (eye strain), transient blurred vision, difficulty sustaining near-visual function, abnormal fatigue, headache, and abnormal postural adaptation, among others.

  9. Emmetropia - Wikipedia

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    Emmetropia is the state of vision in which a faraway object at infinity is in sharp focus with the ciliary muscle [1] in a relaxed state. That condition of the normal eye is achieved when the refractive power of the cornea and eye lens and the axial length of the eye balance out, which focuses rays exactly on the retina, resulting in perfectly sharp distance vision.