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Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension means the pressure inside the skull (and around the brain and optic nerves) is too high even though scans do not show a...
Idiopathic multifocal choroiditis (IMFC) is a rare, chronic eye disease where many small, inflamed spots develop deep in the back of the eye, especially in the...
Idiopathic Neuroretinitis is an inflammation of the optic nerve head (optic disc) and adjacent retina for which no clear cause can be found. It typically presents...
Idiopathic orbital inflammation is an inflammatory disease inside the eye socket (the “orbit”) where no infection, tumor, or named systemic disease can be found as the...
Idiopathic retinitis means the retina (the light-sensing layer at the back of your eye) is inflamed, and doctors cannot find any known infection, autoimmune problem, or...
Idiopathic vasculitis is a condition in which the body’s blood vessels become inflamed for reasons that doctors cannot fully explain. In very simple English, “idiopathic” means...
An idiopathic aneurysm is an unusual bulging or ballooning of a blood vessel wall that happens without any identifiable cause, such as trauma, infection, or genetic...
IgG4-related orbital inflammation is a specific form of a wider condition called IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD). In IgG4-RD, certain immune cells (called plasma cells) make too much...
Inborn Errors of Galactose Metabolism (I.E.G.M.) are rare genetic conditions that affect how the body processes a sugar called galactose (a simple sugar found in milk...
Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is a muscle disease that develops slowly and mainly affects adults over the age of 45 or 50. In IBM, two harmful...
Incomplete color blindness means a person’s eyes and brain do not read color in the usual way. Colors may look faded, mixed up, or too similar....
Incomplete Rod Monochromatism, also known as Incomplete Achromatopsia or Incomplete Achromatopsia Syndrome, is a rare genetic condition affecting vision. In this condition, individuals have difficulties distinguishing...
