Cataract 35
A Cataract 35 is a problem of the eye in which the clear natural lens becomes cloudy. The lens sits behind the pupil and focuses light onto the retina so we can see clearly. When the lens turns ...
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CTRCT Related Anterior Polar Cataracts Types 32
CTRCT Related Anterior Polar Cataracts Types 32 are small, white or gray opacities on the front (anterior) surface of the lens. They are usually congenital or early-onset and often stay small, but ...
Cataract 32
A Cataract 32 is a clouding of the natural clear lens inside the eye. The lens normally works like a clear window and a camera focus system. It bends light and helps make a sharp image on the retina ...
Cataract 31 Multiple Types
Cataract 31 multiple types is a cloudy or opaque area inside the natural lens of your eye. The lens normally is clear and works like a camera lens, focusing light onto the retina so you can see a ...
Autosomal Recessive Congenital Cataract 2
Autosomal recessive congenital cataract 2 is a rare eye disease where the clear lens inside a baby’s eye becomes cloudy from birth or very early life because of a genetic change. The clouding blocks ...
Cataract 18
Cataract 18 is a cloudy or opaque area in the natural lens of the eye, the clear structure that normally focuses light onto the retina to create a sharp image. When the lens becomes cloudy, light ...
PITX3 Early-Onset Non-Syndromic Cataract
PITX3 early-onset non-syndromic cataract is a rare genetic eye condition where a baby or young child develops a cloudy lens (cataract) because of harmful changes (mutations) in the PITX3 gene, but ...
Cataract 11 Multiple Types
A cataract is a health condition where the clear natural lens inside your eye becomes cloudy, so light cannot pass through properly and your vision slowly becomes blurred or foggy. Doctors may also ...
Congenital Cataract-Microcornea Syndrome
Congenital cataract-microcornea syndrome is a rare genetic eye disease in which a baby is born with a cloudy lens (congenital cataract) and an unusually small cornea (microcornea), usually with no ...
Benign Inoculation Lymphoreticulosis; Benign Lymphoreticulosis
Benign inoculation lymphoreticulosis; benign lymphoreticulosis, also called benign lymphoreticulosis, is an older medical name for what we now usually call cat-scratch disease (CSD). It is a ...
Butterfly-Shaped Pigmentary (Pattern) Macular Dystrophy
Butterfly-shaped pigmentary macular dystrophy (often shortened to “butterfly-shaped pattern dystrophy”) is a rare, inherited eye condition. It affects the macula, the central part of the retina that ...
Butterfly-Shaped Pattern Dystrophy
Butterfly-shaped pattern dystrophy is a rare, inherited eye condition that mainly affects the macula, the sharp-vision center of the retina. In this condition, tiny waste products (mostly the pigment ...
Hereditary Bullous Dystrophy, Macular Type
Hereditary Bullous Dystrophy, Macular Type is a rare eye disease that you are born with. It mainly affects the clear front window of the eye called the cornea. Over many years, cloudy material builds ...
Bullous Dystrophy, Macular Type
Macular corneal dystrophy (MCD) is an inherited eye disease where cloudy deposits develop in the clear front window of the eye (the cornea). These gray-white spots sit in the middle layer (stroma) ...
Brittle Cornea Syndrome Type 1 (BCS1)
Brittle cornea syndrome type 1 (BCS1) is a very rare, inherited connective-tissue disorder where the clear front window of the eye (the cornea) is extremely thin and fragile. Because the cornea is so ...
Brittle Cornea Syndrome (BCS)
Brittle cornea syndrome is a very rare inherited disorder that makes the clear front window of the eye (the cornea) extremely thin and fragile. Because the cornea is so thin, it can bulge, tear, or ...
Prolonged Electroretinal Response Suppression (PERRS)
Prolonged electroretinal response suppression (PERRS) is a rare eye condition. After light shines in the eye, the retina should recover quickly. In PERRS, the retina recovers slowly. This slow ...
Difficulty Seeing Moving Objects
Difficulty seeing moving objects means a person can see still things fairly well, but when things move, they are hard to detect, follow, or judge. Some people describe the world as if it “jumps” or ...
Bradyopsia
Bradyopsia means “slow vision.” People with this condition have very slow adjustment when light changes. When they come out of a dark room into bright light, they may be “blinded” for many seconds. ...
Vasterbotten Dystrophy
Västerbotten dystrophy is a rare inherited eye disease that damages the retina and gradually reduces vision. It usually begins in childhood with night blindness, then causes progressive macular ...
