Corneal diseases

Introduction: Corneal diseases

Description of Corneal diseases

Corneal diseases (medical condition): Disorders affecting the cornea of the eye.

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Cornea disorders:
  »Introduction: Cornea disorders
  »Symptoms of Cornea disorders

Corneal diseases: Diseases of the cornea.
Source: MeSH 2007

Corneal diseases: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Corneal diseases:

• Corneal

Corneal diseases as a Disease

Corneal diseases: Another name for Cornea disorders (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Cornea disorders
  »Symptoms of Cornea disorders

Symptoms of Corneal diseases (Cornea disorders)

Some of the symptoms of Corneal diseases incude:

• Ocular pain
• Tearing discharge
• Photophobia
• Blurred vision
• Headache

See full list of 6 symptoms of Corneal diseases (Cornea disorders)

Corneal diseases: Article Excerpts about Cornea disorders

Corneal diseases and conditions can cause redness, watery eyes, pain, reduced vision, or a halo effect. The cornea is the clear, dome-shaped "window" at the front of the eye. It helps to focus light that enters the eye. Disease, infection, injury, toxic agents, and other things can damage the cornea. Treatments include changing the eyeglass prescription, eye drops, or surgery. (Source: excerpt from Aging and Your Eyes - Age Page - Health Information: NIA)

Corneal diseases and conditions can cause redness, watery eyes, pain, reduced vision, or a halo effect. The cornea is the clear, dome-shaped "window" at the front of the eye. It helps to focus light that enters the eye. Disease, infection, injury, toxic agents, and other things can damage the cornea. Treatments include changing the eyeglass prescription, eye drops, or surgery. (Source: excerpt from Aging and Your Eyes - Age Page - Health Information: NIA)

Corneal diseases: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Corneal diseases:

• corneal ulcer
• bullous keratopathy
• superficial punctuate keratitis
• keratomalacia
• peripheral ulcerative keratitis
• herpes zoster ophthalmicus
• keratoconjunctivitis sicca
• atropine

Hierarchical classifications of Corneal diseases

The following list attempts to classify Corneal diseases into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Eye Diseases
  • Corneal Diseases

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