Myopia
Myopia: Introduction
Myopia: Nearsightedness.
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Misdiagnosis and Myopia
Untreated patients of Marfan's die at age 30: Marfan's syndrome is an autosomal
disorder of the connective tissues. It affects the connective tissue of the
skeletal, ocular and cardiovascular system. The patient is usually tall and
thin with long digits, high arched palate and loose joints. He may also present
with ocular and cardiac deformities. The diagnosis is based on the family
history and co-relating all the findings. Of concern is aortic root dilatation
which occurs in these patients and hence an annual echocardiogram is required.
It must be discriminated from acromegaly, gigantism, fragile X syndrome and
thyrotoxicosis by means of blood investigations. If untreated the patient dies
at the age of 30 or 40 years. Genetic counselling for the family is needed....read more »
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Causes of Myopia listed in Disease Database:
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causes of Myopia as a symptom include:
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causes of Myopia
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Medications or substances causing Myopia:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Myopia as a symptom.
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Article Excerpts about Myopia
When the cornea is curved too much, or if the eye is too
long, faraway objects will appear blurry because they are
focused in front of the retina. This is called myopia, or
nearsightedness. Myopia affects over 25 percent of all adult
Americans. (Source: excerpt from Facts About the Cornea and Corneal Disease: NEI)
When the cornea is curved too much, or if the eye is too
long, faraway objects will appear blurry because they are
focused in front of the retina. This is called myopia, or
nearsightedness. Myopia affects over 25 percent of all adult
Americans. (Source: excerpt from Facts About the Cornea and Corneal Disease: NEI)
Definitions of Myopia:
A refractive error in which rays of light entering the eye parallel to the optic axis are brought to a focus in front of the retina, as a result of the eyeball being too long from front to back; also called nearsightedness because the near point is less distant than it is in emmetropia with an equal amplitude of accommodation.
- (Source - Diseases Database)
(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
A refractive error in which rays of light entering the eye parallel to the optic axis are brought to a focus in front of the retina, as a result of the eyeball being too long from front to back; also called nearsightedness because the near point is less distant than it is in emmetropia with an equal amplitude of accommodation.
- (Source - CRISP)
Detailed list of causes of Myopia
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How Common are these Causes of Myopia?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Myopia.
Of the 146
causes of Myopia that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 0
causes are "very common" diseases
- 0
causes are "common" diseases
- 0
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 1
causes are "rare" diseases
- 3
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 143
causes have no prevalence information.
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causes of Myopia
Conditions listing symptoms: Myopia:
The following list of conditions
have 'Myopia' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
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of any symptom.
A
Achromatopsia 3
... myopiaAchromatopsia incomplete, X-linked
... myopiaAchromatopsia with Myopia
... myopiaAcro-pectoro-renal field defect
... myopiaAlagille Syndrome
... myopiaAlport Syndrome
... myopiaAmpola syndrome
... myopiaAniridia - ptosis - mental retardation - obesity, familial
... myopiaAniridia ptosis mental retardation obesity familial type
... myopiaAplasia cutis congenital - intestinal lymphangiectasia
... myopiaArthritis - short stature - deafness
... myopiaAtrophia aerata
... myopiaAuricular abnormalities - cleft lip with or without cleft palate - ocular abnormalities
... myopiaAuriculoocular anomalies - cleft lip
... myopiaB
Bardet-Biedl Syndrome
... myopiaBardet-Biedl syndrome, type 1
... myopiaBardet-Biedl syndrome, type 10
... myopiaBardet-Biedl syndrome, type 11
... myopiaBardet-Biedl syndrome, type 12
... myopiaBardet-Biedl syndrome, type 2
... myopiaBardet-Biedl syndrome, type 3
... myopiaBardet-Biedl syndrome, type 4
... myopiaBardet-Biedl syndrome, type 5
... myopiaBardet-Biedl syndrome, type 6
... myopiaBardet-Biedl syndrome, type 7
... myopiaBardet-Biedl syndrome, type 8
... myopiaBardet-Biedl syndrome, type 9
... myopiaBody skin hyperlaxity due to vitamin K-dependent coagulation factor deficiency
... myopiaBrachmann-De Lange Syndrome
... myopiaBranchial clefts with characteristic facies, growth retardation, imperforate nasolacrimal duct, and
... myopiaBranchio-Oculo-Facial Syndrome
... myopiaButtiens-Fryns syndrome
... myopiaC
Cataract, posterior polar, 1
... myopiaCataract-microcornea syndrome
... myopiaChorioretinal atrophy, progressive bifocal
... myopiaChromosome 10p deletion syndrome
... myopiaChromosome 9p tetrasomy syndrome
... myopiaCone-Rod Dystrophy, X-linked, 1
... myopiaCone-Rod Dystrophy, X-linked, 2
... myopiaCone-Rod Dystrophy, X-linked, 3
... myopiaCorneal dystrophy - ichthyosis - microcephaly - mental retardation
... myopiaCornelia de Lange syndrome 1
... myopiaCraniosynostosis exostoses nevus epibulbar dermoid
... myopiaCRAPB
... myopiaE
EDS V
... myopiaEhlers-Danlos syndrome
... myopiaEhlers-Danlos syndrome Type I
... myopiaEhlers-Danlos syndrome type V
... myopiaEhlers-Danlos syndrome, cardiac valvular form
... myopiaEhlers-Danlos syndrome, classic type
... myopiaEncephalopathy due to sulphite oxidase deficiency
... myopiaEuhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
... myopiaF
Faciooculoacousticorenal syndrome
... myopiaForsius-Eriksson syndrome
... myopiaFuchs atrophia gyrata chorioideae et retinae
... myopiaFurlong-Kurczynski-Hennessy syndrome
... myopiaG
Gamborg nielsen syndrome
... myopiaGastrocutaneous syndrome
... myopiaH
Heckenlively syndrome
... myopiaHomocystinuria
... myopiaHomocystinuria due to cystathionine beta-synthase deficiency
... myopiaHomocystinuria syndrome
... myopiaHyperornithinemia
... myopiaHyperoxia
... myopiaHypertryptophanemia
... myopiaHypomelanosis of Ito
... myopiaI
Incontinentia Pigmenti
... myopiaIris coloboma, macrocephaly, agenesis of the corpus callosum, brachydactyly and mental retardation
... myopiaK
Kaplan-Plauchu-Fitch syndrome
... myopiaKenny-Caffey Syndrome
... myopiaKenny-Caffey syndrome, Type 1
... myopiaKenny-Caffey syndrome, Type 2
... myopiaKeratoconus
... myopiaKniest dysplasia
... myopiaKozlowski-Brown-Hardwick syndrome
... myopiaL
Levic-Stefanovic-Nikolic syndrome
... myopiaLimb deficiencies distal micrognathia
... myopiaLissencephaly with cerebellar hypoplasia, recessive
... myopiaLymphedema, microcephaly and chorioretinopathy syndrome
... myopiaLymphoedema - Microcephaly - chorioretinopathy
... myopiaLymphoedema - Microcephaly - Chorioretinopathy Syndrome
... myopiaM
Marfan syndrome
... myopiaMarfanoid syndrome, da Silva type
... myopiaMarshall syndrome
... myopiaMatsoukas-Liarikos-Giannika syndrome
... myopiaMental retardation - myopathy - short stature - endocrine defect
... myopiaMental retardation unusual facies ampola type
... myopiaMetaphyseal chondrodysplasia, recessive type
... myopiaMicrocephaly - lymphoedema - chorioretinopathy
... myopiaMicrocephaly - lymphoedema - Chorioretinopathy Dysplasia Syndrome
... myopiaMicrocephaly - mental retardation - retinopathy
... myopiaMicrocornea - corectopia - macular hypoplasia
... myopiaMicrospherophakia with hernia
... myopiaMLCRD Syndrome
... myopiaMousa-Al Din-Al Nassar syndrome
... myopiaMuscle-eye-brain syndrome
... myopiaN
Neurofibromatosis-Noonan syndrome
... myopiaNight blindness - skeletal anomalies - unusual facies
... myopiaNight blindness, congenital stationary, type 1A
... myopiaNight blindness, congenital stationary, type 1B
... myopiaNight blindness, congenital stationary, type 2A
... myopiaNight blindness, congenital stationary, type 2B
... myopiaNoble-Bass-Sherman syndrome
... myopiaNoonan Syndrome
... myopiaO
Oculo skeletal renal syndrome
... myopiaOculo-dento-digital dysplasia dominant
... myopiaOpthalmoplegia - mental retardation - lingua scrotalis
... myopiaOptic atrophy opthalmoplegia ptosis deafness myopia
... myopiaP
Partington-Anderson syndrome
... myopiaPierre Robin syndrome - fetal chondrodysplasia
... myopiaPierre-Robin syndrome with fetal chondrodysplasia
... myopiaPitt-Hopkins syndrome
... myopiaProximal spinal muscular atrophy, type 3
... myopiaPseudoadrenoleukodystrophy
... myopiaPseudoxanthoma elasticum, dominant form
... myopiaPseudoxanthoma elasticum, forme fruste
... myopiaPseudoxanthoma elasticum, recessive form
... myopiaR
Renal hypomagnesemia - hypercalciuria - nephrocalcinosis
... myopiaRenal Magnesium Wasting - hypercalciuria - nephrocalcinosis - Ocular disorders
... myopiaRetinal degeneration - nanophthalmos - glaucoma
... myopiaRetinopathic oxygen toxicity
... myopiaRieger anomaly - partial lipodystrophy
... myopiaS
Schwartz-Jampel Syndrome
... myopiaShort limb dwarf mental retardation myopia
... myopiaSkeletal dysplasia - orofacial anomalies
... myopiaSpherophakia brachymorphia syndrome
... myopiaSpinal muscular atrophy, type 3
... myopiaSpondyloepiphyseal dysplasia - nephrotic syndrome
... myopiaSpondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, congenita
... myopiaSpondylometaphyseal dysplasia, Algerian type
... myopiaT
Temtamy syndrome
... myopiaThanos-Stewart-Zonana Syndrome
... myopiaTotal colorblindness with Myopia
... myopiaV
Van den Bosch syndrome
... MyopiaVerloes Van Maldergem Marneffe syndrome
... MyopiaVerloes-David Syndrome
... MyopiaVitreoretinal degeneration
... MyopiaVolubilis, syndrome du
... myopiaW
Wagner syndrome 1
... myopiaWarman Mulliken Hayward syndrome
... Myopia
Conditions listing complications: Myopia:
The following list of conditions
have 'Myopia' 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.
K
Keratoconus
... myopiaM
Marfan syndrome
... myopia
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What are the alternative names for Myopia:
Short sightedness
- (Source - Diseases Database)
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Medical Conditions associated with Myopia:
Eye symptoms (4112 causes)
Symptoms related to Myopia:
Blurred vision (729 causes), Vision changes (1965 causes), Eye symptoms (4112 causes), Achromatopsia 3, Achromatopsia incomplete, X-linked, Achromatopsia with Myopia, Acro-pectoro-renal field defect, Alagille Syndrome
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