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Bulging eyes

Bulging eyes: Introduction

Bulging eyes: Bulging or protruding eyes. See free access online books about Bulging eyes below. See detailed information below for a list of 187 causes of Bulging eyes, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Bulging eyes:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Bulging eyes. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

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Causes of Types of Bulging eyes:

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Bulging eyes: Symptom Checker

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Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)

During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Bulging eyes. Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis. Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:

  1. How long have you noticed the bulging eyes?

    Why: to determine if acute or chronic.

  2. Are one or both eyes affected?

    Why: If bilateral suggests Graves's disease. If unilateral may suggest tumors of the orbit (e.g. dermoid, optic nerve glioma, neurofibroma, granuloma), Cavernous sinus thrombosis, Grave's disease or pseuotumors of the orbit.

  3. Recent medical history?

    Why: e.g. sinusitis or ear infections may be complicated and followed by Cavernous sinus thrombosis which may cause unilateral bulging eye.

  4. Past medical history?

    Why: e.g. risk factors for Cavernous sinus thrombosis include congenital heart disease, systemic cancer, polycythaemia and sickle cell anemia.

  5. Medications?

    Why: oral contraceptive pill may increase risk of Cavernous sinus thrombosis.

  6. more questions...»

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Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)

Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse your condition. The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Bulging eyes) may include:

  1. Symptoms of Grave's disease e.g. preference for cooler weather, increased appetite, heart palpitations, increased sweating, nervousness, irritability, diarrhea, lack of menstrual periods
  2. Symptoms of Cavernous sinus thrombosis and thrombophlebitis?

    Why: e.g. concurrent sinus infection, fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, eye pain, tender orbit, swelling and blueness of the upper face, paralysis of the one or more of the muscles that move the eye.

  3. more symptoms...»

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Bulging eyes: Comorbid Symptoms

Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms for Bulging eyes may include these symptoms:

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Bulging eyes

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Diagnostic tests for Bulging eyes:

Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Bulging eyes. Some of these are listed below :

  • Physical examination
    • Fever may suggest cavernous sinus thrombosis
    • Examine the eyes for protrusion of the eyeball out of the orbit. This may be very obvious but if not, look carefully at the sclera (white part of the eye) which will not be covered by the lower eyelid. Also look from behind over the patient's forehead where the eye may be visible in front of the eyebrow ridge
    • Examine for complications of bulging eyes including conjunctivitis (eye infection), corneal ulceration (due to inability to close eyelids), optic nerve atrophy or paralysis of one or more of the muscles that move the eye
    • Examine for other signs of Hyperthyroidism e.g. fine tremor, increased pulse rate, thyroid gland enlargement, heart murmur - may indicate Grave's disease is cause of bulging eyes.
  • Blood tests
  • more tests...»

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Diagnostic Guides for Bulging eyes

Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Bulging eyes from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Bulging eyes. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Bulging eyes

Medical Books Excerpts
  • EYE PAIN
  • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
  • Red Eye
  • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms" (2004)
  • Toeing Out
  • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
  • EYE PAIN
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
  • RED EYE
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
  • Eye pain
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
  • Exophthalmos
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
  • Red Eye
  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
  • Eye Pain
  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis" (2007)
  • Red Eye
  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis" (2007)
  • Eye pain
  • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
  • Exophthalmos
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
  • Eye pain
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
  • Red Eye
  • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
  • Proptosis
  • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
  • EYE PAIN
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
  • RED EYE
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
 

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Causes of Bulging eyes listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Bulging eyes as a symptom include:

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- (Source - Diseases Database)

Definitions of Bulging eyes:

Protrusion of one or both eyeballs; can be congenital and familial, or due to pathology, such as a retroorbital tumor (usually unilateral) or thyroid disease (usually bilateral).
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Organs affected by Bulging eyes:

The list of organs typically affected by Bulging eyes may include, but is not limited to:

Detailed list of causes of Bulging eyes

The list below shows some of the causes of Bulging eyes mentioned in various sources:

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How Common are these Causes of Bulging eyes?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Bulging eyes. Of the 187 causes of Bulging eyes that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 0 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 2 causes are "common" diseases
  • 1 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 1 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 2 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 183 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 187 causes of Bulging eyes

Conditions listing symptoms: Bulging eyes:

The following list of conditions have 'Bulging eyes' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

  • Acanthocytosis ... bulging eyes
  • Acrocephalosyndactyly II ... bulging eyes
  • Acrocephalosyndactyly Syndrome type 5 ... bulging eyes
  • Acrocephalosyndactyly type 5 (ACPS 5) ... bulging eyes
  • Acrofacial dysostosis Rodriguez type ... bulging eyes
  • Acrosphenosyndactylia ... bulging eyes
  • Adams Nance syndrome ... protruding eyes
  • Albers-Schonberg disease - Adult benign dominant form ... protruding eyes
  • Alveolar soft part sarcoma ... proptosis
  • Apelt-Gerkin-Lenz Syndrome ... bulging eyes
  • Apert syndrome ... bulging eyes
  • Aplasia cutis congenita - epibulbar dermoids ... protruding eyes
  • Axenfeld-Rieger anomaly - hydrocephaly - skeletal abnormalities ... proptosis
  • Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome ... protruding eyes

    B

  • Beare-Stevenson cutis gyrata syndrome ... bulging eyes
  • Bone fragility, craniosynostosis, proptosis, hydrocephalus ... protruding eyeballs
  • Brachycephalofrontonasal dysplasia ... protruding eyes

    C

  • C-like syndrome ... bulging eyes
  • Camptodactyly - joint contractures and facial skeletal dysplasia ... protruding eyeballs
  • Camurati-Engelmann Disease ... protruding eyeballs
  • Cantu syndrome ... bulging eyes
  • Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome ... protruding eyeballs
  • Chondrodysplasia, type Nance-Sweeney ... protruding eyes
  • Chromosome 1, trisomy 1q42 qter ... bulging eyes
  • Chromosome 10p deletion syndrome ... exophthalmos
  • Chromosome 12, Isochromosome 12p Mosaic ... protruding eyes
  • Chromosome 12p tetrasomy syndrome ... protruding eyes
  • Chromosome 14q, terminal duplication ... protruding eyes
  • Chromosome 15 inverted duplication ... exophthalmos
  • Chromosome 18, trisomy 18q ... protruding eyes
  • Chromosome 7, Partial Deletion of Short Arm ... protruding eyes
  • Chromosome 7, partial monosomy 7p ... protruding eyes
  • Chromosome 9, monosomy 9p ... protruding eyes
  • Chromosome 9, trisomy 9p ... protruding eyes
  • Chromosome 9p deletion syndrome ... protruding eyes
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1J ... bulging eyes
  • Cortical hyperostosis-syndactyly ... bulging eyes
  • Cranio-facio-cardio-skeletal dysplasia ... bulging eyes
  • Craniofaciocardioskeletal syndrome ... protruding eyes
  • Craniofrontonasal syndrome Teebi type ... protruding eyes
  • Craniosynostosis Maroteaux Fonfria type ... bulging eyes
  • Crouzonodermoskeletal syndrome ... bulging eyes

    D

  • Deafness - goiter - stippled epiphyses ... protruding eyes
  • Del (2) (q12-q14) ... bulging eyes
  • Del (2) (q14-q21) ... bulging eyes
  • Del(1) (q25-q32) ... bulging eyes
  • Del(1) (q25.2-q31.2) ... bulging eyes
  • Diaphragmatic hernia - exomphalos - corpus callosum agenesis ... protruding eyes
  • Dup (2) (p11.2-q14.1) mosaicism ... bulging eyes
  • Dup (2) (p25.3-p25.1) ... bulging eyes
  • Dup (3) (pter-p24) and del (4) (pter-p16) ... bulging eyes

    E

  • Eccentrochondrodysplasia ... proptosis
  • Ehlers Danlos syndrome type 4, autosomal dominant ... protruding eyes
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, vascular type ... protruding eyes
  • Elejalde syndrome ... bulging eyes
  • Enslin syndrome ... bulging eyes
  • Eosinophilic granuloma ... bulging eyes
  • Esthesioneuroblastoma ... bulging eyes
  • Exophthalmos ... protruding eyes

    F

  • Faciocardiomelic Syndrome ... bulging eyes
  • Fetal PCB syndrome ... bulging eyes
  • Fibrosis of extraocular muscles, congenital with synergistic divergence ... bulging eyes
  • Filippi Syndrome ... protruding eyes
  • Fine-Lubinsky syndrome ... protruding eyes
  • Fryns macrocephaly ... bulging eyes

    G

  • Gila Lizard poisoning ... bulging eyes
  • Glaucoma, hereditary ... enlarged eyeball
  • Goiter ... protruding eyes
  • Graves Disease ... bulging eyes, protruding eyes

    H

  • Hajdu-Cheney Syndrome ... protruding eyeballs
  • Hand-Schüller-Christian Syndrome ... protruding eyeballs
  • Hashimoto's Thyroiditis ... protruding eyes
  • Holoprosencephaly - caudal dysgenesis ... protruding eyes
  • Hyperpigmentation, Cutaneous, With Hypertrichosis, Hepatosplenomegaly, Heart Anomalies, Hearing Loss, And Hypogonadism ... bulging eyes
  • Hyperthyroidism ... protruding eyes

    I

  • Iida-Kannari syndrome ... protruding eyes
  • Infantile hypophosphatasia ... protruding eyes
  • Infantile multisystem inflammatory disease ... protruding eyeballs
  • Iodine deficiency ... protruding eyes
  • Ischiadic hypoplasia - renal dysfunction - immunodeficiency ... protruding eyes

    K

  • Kaplan-Plauchu-Fitch syndrome ... protruding eyes
  • Kleeblattschaedel syndrome ... protruding eyes
  • Kosztolanyi syndrome ... bulging eyes

    L

  • Larsen-like osseous dysplasia - dwarfism ... bulging eyes
  • Lowry syndrome ... protruding eyes
  • Lymphadenosis benigna orbitae ... bulging eyes

    M

  • Machado-Joseph Disease ... bulging eyes
  • Malignant Teratocarcinosarcoma ... protruding eyes
  • Melnick-Needles syndrome ... protruding eyeballs
  • Meninges cancer ... Proptosis
  • Microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism types 1 and 3 ... bulging eyes
  • Microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism, type 1 ... bulging eyes
  • Microcephaly - cervical spine fusion anomalies ... bulging eyes
  • Microcephaly, corpus callosum dysgenesis and cleft lip-palate ... exophthalmos
  • MN1 ... bulging eyes
  • Mucormycosis ... bulging eyes
  • Multicentric osteolysis - nodulosis - arthropathy ... bulging eyes
  • Multifocal fibrosclerosis ... protruding eyes
  • Möller-Barlow disease ... bulging eyes

    N

  • Naguib syndrome ... bulging eyes
  • Nakajo syndrome ... bulging eyes
  • Nasopharyngeal carcinoma ... bulging eyes
  • Neu-Laxova Syndrome ... protruding eyes
  • Neuroblastoma, Susceptibility to, 1 ... protruding eyes
  • Neuroblastoma, Susceptibility to, 2 ... protruding eyes
  • Neuroblastoma, Susceptibility to, 3 ... protruding eyes
  • Neuroblastoma, Susceptibility to, 4 ... protruding eyes
  • Neuroblastoma, Susceptibility to, 5 ... protruding eyes
  • Neuroblastoma, Susceptibility to, 6 ... protruding eyes
  • Nodulosis-arthropathy-osteolysis syndrome ... proptosis
  • NOMID syndrome ... protruding eyeballs

    O

  • Omeprazole - Teratogenic Agent ... bulging eyes
  • Oral facial digital syndrome, type 4 ... bulging eyes
  • OSMED, Homozygous ... protruding eyes
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta, type IIB ... bulging eyes
  • Osteosclerosis, abnormalities of nervous system and meninges ... bulging eyes
  • Oto-spondylo-megaepiphyseal dysplasia, autosomal recessive ... protruding eyes
  • Oto-spondylo-megaepiphyseal dysplasia, homozygous ... protruding eyes
  • Otospondylomegaepiphyseal dysplasia ... protruding eyes

    P

  • Pallister Killian Mosaic Syndrome ... protruding eyes
  • Pallister Mosaic Syndrome Tetrasomy 12p ... protruding eyes
  • Partial 7p Monosomy ... protruding eyes
  • Penfield syndrome ... bulging eyes
  • Petit-Fryns syndrome ... bulging eyes
  • Pfeiffer syndrome ... bulging eyes
  • Pfeiffer Syndrome Type I ... bulging eyes
  • PHACE association ... bulging eyes
  • Piepkorn karp hickoc syndrome ... protruding eyes
  • Pierre Robin syndrome - fetal chondrodysplasia ... protruding eyes
  • Pierre-Robin syndrome with fetal chondrodysplasia ... protruding eyes
  • Polymicrogyria, Bilateral Frontoparietal ... bulging eyes
  • Prolidase deficiency ... bulging eyes
  • Pseudophosphatasia ... bulging eyes

    R

  • Raine syndrome ... protruding eyes
  • Rasmussen-Johnsen-Thomsen syndrome ... bulging eyes
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma, embryonal ... proptosis
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma, embryonal 1 ... proptosis
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma, embryonal 2 ... proptosis
  • Rhino-orbito-cerebral phycomycosis ... bulging eyes
  • Rhinocerebral mucormycosis ... bulging eyes
  • Rhinocerebral zygomycosis ... bulging eyes
  • Rieger Syndrome ... protruding eyes

    S

  • Sanderson-Fraser syndrome ... protruding eyes
  • Short ribs - craniosynostosis - polysyndactyly ... protruding eyes
  • Shprintzen-Golberg craniosynostosis ... protruding eyes
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, Machado-Joseph type I ... bulging eyes
  • Stanescu syndrome ... bulging eyes
  • Superior orbital fissure syndrome ... bulging eyes
  • Syndactyly type 1 - microcephaly - mental retardation ... protruding eyes

    T

  • Thanatophoric dysplasia, type 1 ... bulging eyes
  • Thanatophoric dysplasia, type 2 ... bulging eyes
  • Thyroid eye disease ... proptosis
  • Thyroid hormone plasma membrane transport defect ... protruding eyes
  • Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome ... protruding eyes

    V

  • Vagneur Triolle Ripert syndrome ... Proptosis

    W

  • Wegener's granulomatosis ... bulging eyes
  • Wiedemann-Tolksdorf syndrome ... bulging eyes

    Z

  • Zygomycosis ... bulging eyes

    Conditions listing complications: Bulging eyes:

    The following list of conditions have 'Bulging eyes' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    P

  • Pindborg Tumor ... bulging eyes

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  • Causes of Bulging eyes Based on Risk Factors

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    Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Bulging eyes?

    Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Bulging eyes, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.

    Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :

    What are the alternative names for Bulging eyes:

    Proptosis, Exophthalmos
    - (Source - Diseases Database)

    Classifications of Bulging eyes:

    Subtypes of Bulging eyes:

    Exophthalmos (3 causes), Exopthalmos, Proptosis (10 causes)

    Medical Conditions associated with Bulging eyes:

    Eye symptoms (4243 causes)

    Symptoms related to Bulging eyes:

    Eye symptoms (4243 causes), Goiter (35 causes), Thyroid symptoms (133 causes), Eye pain (357 causes), Eye redness (543 causes), Bleeding in eye, Graves's disease, Hyperthyroidism (17 causes), Eyeball infection, Eye tumor, Eye blood vessel swelling, Eye socket disease, Eye socket hemorrhage, Eye socket tumor, Thrombosis, Blood clots behind the eyes, Congenital glaucoma

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