Symptom: Bulging eyes

Introduction: Bulging eyes

Bulging eyes: Bulging or protruding eyes. See free access online books about Bulging eyes below. See detailed information below for a list of 144 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.

• Goiter - see causes of goiter
• Graves's disease
• Hyperthyroidism
• 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
• Cushing syndrome
• Overactive thyroid gland
• Malignant hypertension
• Clots in veins behind eyes (see Blood clots)
• Hand-Schueller-Christian syndrome
• Apert syndrome
• Sturge-Weber syndrome
• Crouzon syndrome

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Causes of Types of Bulging eyes:

Review the causes of these more specific types of Bulging eyes:

• Exophthalmos (34 causes)
• Exopthalmos (10 causes)
• Proptosis (50 causes)

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Bulging eyes: Multiple Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Bulging eyes, as listed in our database. Visit the Multiple Symptoms Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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Multiple Symptom Checker Combinations

• Bulging eyes and Eye symptoms (102 causes)
• Bulging eyes and Head symptoms (87 causes)
• Bulging eyes and Face symptoms (76 causes)
• Bulging eyes and Nerve symptoms (51 causes)
• Bulging eyes and Swelling symptoms (49 causes)
• Bulging eyes and Sensations (48 causes)
• Bulging eyes and Mouth symptoms (46 causes)
• Bulging eyes and Behavioral symptoms (44 causes)
• Bulging eyes and Body symptoms (43 causes)
• Bulging eyes and Vision changes (42 causes)
• Bulging eyes and Visual problems (42 causes)
• Bulging eyes and Ear symptoms (41 causes)
• Bulging eyes and Mental problems (39 causes)
• Bulging eyes and Personality symptoms (38 causes)
• Bulging eyes and Growth symptoms (37 causes)
• Bulging eyes and Infant symptoms (36 causes)
• Bulging eyes and Poor growth (36 causes)
• Bulging eyes and Muscle symptoms (34 causes)
• Bulging eyes and Impaired vision (33 causes)
• Bulging eyes and Vision distortion (33 causes)

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Home Diagnostic Testing and Bulging eyes

Home medical tests possibly related to Bulging eyes:

• Vision & Eye Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Eye Tests
  • Home Vision Tests

Causes of General Symptom Types

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• Eye symptoms (2203 causes)

Causes of Similar Symptoms to Bulging eyes

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Bulging eyes:

• Eye symptoms (2203 causes)
• Goiter (52 causes)
• Thyroid symptoms (91 causes)
• Eye pain (203 causes)
• Eye redness (175 causes)
• Bleeding in eye

Diagnostic Guides for 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.

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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:

• How long have you noticed the bulging eyes? - to determine if acute or chronic.
• Are one or both eyes affected? - 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.
• Recent medical history? - e.g. sinusitis or ear infections may be complicated and followed by Cavernous sinus thrombosis which may cause unilateral bulging eye.
• Past medical history? - e.g. risk factors for Cavernous sinus thrombosis include congenital heart disease, systemic cancer, polycythaemia and sickle cell anemia.
• Medications? - oral contraceptive pill may increase risk of Cavernous sinus thrombosis.

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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:

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

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Stories from Users for Bulging eyes

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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:

• Carotid-cavernous fistula
• Cavernous sinus thrombosis
• Cloverleaf skull syndrome
• Crouzon craniofacial dysostosis
• Dermoid cyst
• Endophthalmitis
• Graves' disease
• Histiocytosis X
• Insulin receptor defect with insulin-resistant diabetes mellitus
• Lowry-MacLean syndrome
• Nasal type natural killer/T-cell lymphoma
• Neu-Laxova syndrome
• Orbital cellulitis
• Orbital inflammatory pseudotumor
• Orbital mass
• Osteodysplasty (Melnick-Needles)
• Polyarteritis nodosa
• Schinzel-Giedion midface-retraction syndrome
• Sinusitis
• Sturge-Weber syndrome

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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:

• Eyes

Detailed list of causes of Bulging eyes

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

• Acanthocytosis - bulging eyes
• Acrocephalosyndactyly II - bulging eyes
• Acrofacial dysostosis Rodriguez type - bulging eyes
• Adams Nance syndrome - protruding eyes
• Albers-Schonberg disease - Adult benign dominant form - protruding eyes

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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 144 causes of Bulging eyes that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 1 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
• 140 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 144 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.

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Causes of Bulging eyes Based on Risk Factors

This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Bulging eyes based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient: