Nystagmus means the eyes move on their own, back and forth, up and down, or in a small circular twist, even when you are trying to keep them still. The ...
Dr. Mary A. Ahluwalia, MD - Ophthalmologist
Nutritional optic neuropathy (often shortened to NON) is a problem in the optic nerve that happens when the body does not get, absorb, or use certain key ...
North Carolina Macular Dystrophy (NCMD) is a rare, inherited eye condition that affects the macula, the small central area of the retina that we use for sharp, ...
Norrie disease is a rare genetic condition. It mostly affects boys and men. It usually causes very poor vision or complete blindness at birth or soon after ...
Normal-tension glaucoma is a kind of glaucoma where the optic nerve is damaged even though your measured eye pressure is in the “normal” range. The eye’s ...
Noonan syndrome is a genetic condition. It affects many parts of the body. It changes how a child grows and develops. It often causes a special look to the ...
Orbital pseudotumor is inflammation that happens inside the eye socket (the “orbit”) without a proven infection or cancer. It is called “pseudo-tumor” because ...
Orbital Inflammatory Syndrome means there is swelling and inflammation inside the eye socket, which doctors call the orbit. The orbit holds the eye, the eye ...
Idiopathic orbital inflammation is an inflammatory disease inside the eye socket (the “orbit”) where no infection, tumor, or named systemic disease can be ...
Nonspecific orbital inflammation (NSOI) is swelling and irritation that happens inside the eye socket (the “orbit”) for reasons that are not clearly known. ...
Nonparetic diplopia means you see two images at the same time, but not because a nerve or eye muscle is paralyzed. instead, the eyes (or the optical system of ...
Non-paraneoplastic autoimmune retinopathy (npAIR) is an eye disease where the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks the retina. The retina is the ...
Non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, or NAION, is a sudden drop in vision that happens because the front part of the optic nerve does not get ...
Nocardia eye” means an eye infection caused by Nocardia bacteria. It most often affects the cornea (the clear front window of the eye) and can sometimes ...
Neurotrophic keratitis is an eye surface disease caused by poor corneal nerve function. The clear front window of the eye is called the cornea. The cornea ...
Neurosarcoidosis is sarcoidosis that involves the nervous system. Sarcoidosis is an immune condition where small clusters of inflammatory cells, called ...
Neuroretinitis is an eye problem where the optic nerve (the cable that carries visual signals to your brain) becomes inflamed, and fluid leaks into the central ...
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a group of rare eye disorders that slowly damage the light‑sensing cells in the retina. The retina is the thin film at the back of ...
Neuropathy means damage or disease of nerves. Nerves are the body’s electrical cables. They carry feeling (touch, temperature, pain), control muscles ...
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is an autoimmune disease. This means the body’s defense system, which usually protects you from germs, ...
