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At first glaucoma causes no symptoms, so there is no pain and vision remains normal, however, when it is detected and treated, those affected are no longer perceived as before. Downplaying the failure of vision, confusion with eyestrain, builds up slowly to that effect, causing it to look like through a tunnel. Over time, central vision may also decrease until it is lost completely, which can occur in one or both eyes.

Therefore, Dr. Fernández Sánchez recommends eye examinations go to at least once a year, especially if you have risk factors for the disease. Among the studies that are detected: Read the rest of this entry »

In the front of the eye is a space called the anterior chamber, where a clear liquid in and out continuously to feed the surrounding tissues. The fluid tends to exit the structure through the so-called open-angle (junction of the cornea with the iris), which flows through spongy meshwork similar to a colander, then leaves the eye.

When the fluid reaches the angle, and passes very slowly through the mesh, it tends to accumulate, increasing the pressure within the eye, reached levels that can damage the optic nerve. When it is injured it can cause open-angle glaucoma and vision loss. Read the rest of this entry »

Immediate treatment is necessary to reduce the loss of vision and avoid permanent injury, almost always includes the use of corticosteroids (cortisone derivatives used to reduce inflammation) and drugs to dilate the pupils. May require other drugs to treat specific causes (eg, antibiotics or sulfa drugs to kill bacteria or parasites), but generally improvement usually occurs without recourse to more complex therapies.

Recently developed an injection-based therapy to control intraocular inflammation, and although the idea that the body is perforated creates some resistance in the patient, the fact is that this is a safe and more effective than other drugs for control of complications caused by intraocular inflammation. Read the rest of this entry »

It is known that this disease quickly damage the eyeball and causes long-term complications that cause loss or impairment of vision, such as glaucoma (increased pressure inside the eye), cataracts (darkening of the lens or lens that allows focusing objects) and detachment or scarring in the retina.

The first manifestations of uveitis may be minimal, so the vision may become blurred or floating black spots. We also know that the iritis is manifested in acute pain, redness of the soft tissue of the eye (sclera) and sensitivity to light (photophobia), whereas when the inflammation is after no noticeable discomfort, but gradually lost from the view. Read the rest of this entry »

To understand clearly that the uveitis, we explain some aspects regarding the anatomy of the eyeball. Imagine that the eye is like a tennis ball, hollow inside with three layers of tissue around, the outermost is the sclera (white of the eye structure), and the innermost is the retina (responsible for forming images in the background the eye).

The middle layer is called the uvea (from the same Greco-Latin root of the word grape) or uveal tract, which contains many blood vessels that nourish the retina and is composed, in turn, by three structures: Read the rest of this entry »

Light sensitivity and persistent redness can give away to this.

Sight is the sense that has evolved with humans, and because he can recognize the surrounding environment, interact with peers, create artwork and perform work activities so that its operation is possible, requires interaction two organs: the eye, which provides information on color, shape, position and movement, and the brain, which interprets this data to create a three dimensional image where distinguished height, width and depth.

The diseases that affect the health of the eye require particular attention of Medicine, as a vision problem, in whole or in part, creates helplessness and dependency, isolation, difficulty communicating and inability to perform routine activities before. Read the rest of this entry »

Those who suffer from pains in the sciatic nerve actually go wrong. Typically this pain is caused by compression of the sciatic nerve, the longest of the whole body, whose endings are sometimes compressed by the bones of the hip causing unbearable pain.

Sometimes the pain of sciatica is no more than a mere annoyance cope, but sometimes can result in complete paralysis for which you should call your doctor. So it may be a good idea to consider saving some medicinal plant that makes you forget the pain.
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