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Visual disorders in adulthood: the main causes

Young businesswoman suffering from eyestrain

When you start to see poorly up close or from a distance in persistent way or you have a heavy head or eye discomfort after having read or used the computer for a long time, in most cases the basis is a “refractive defect” (such as myopia, presbyopia or astigmatism) or an as-yet undiagnosed dry eye syndrome. If you are over 60 years old, worsening vision may be related to the cataracts or age-related macular degeneration. In all cases, address immediately to the ophthalmologist helps to avoid discomfort and complications, as well as sometimes to Diagnose diseases that affect other organs or the whole body and that have worsening of vision among their characteristic symptoms. Here are the most common ones .

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Astigmatism

Astigmatism is an imperfection in the curvature of the cornea-the transparent convex membrane that forms the anterior portion of the eyeball’s fibrous tonaca-or in the shape of the lens. Normally,

Hypermetropia

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Degenerative maculopathy

Degenerative maculopathy is an irreversible disease that affects the macula, the central part of the retina. The result is a progressive loss of visual ability. There are two distinct forms

Cataracts

Cataract is an eye condition brought about by opacification of the lens of the eye, the lens that is passed through by light directed to the retina and essential for

Ocular tumors

Ocular tumors are rare neoplasms that can affect both adults and children and can significantly impair vision (to the point of blindness) and quality of life, as well as shorten

Myopia

Myopia is a refractive defect in which the image of distant objects is formed in front of the retina, rather than on the retina itself, making vision indistinct, while vision

Sjögren’s syndrome

Sjögren’s syndrome is a chronic autoimmune-based systemic disease that causes malfunction of various exocrine secreting glands (i.e., those that spill secreted material onto the surface of the tissue in which

Uveitis

Uveitis is an ocular condition brought on by inflammation of the uvea, the tissue of the eye located beneath the sclera (white part of the eyeball), comprising the iris (central

Conjunctivitis

Conjunctivitis are inflammatory conditions of the mucous membrane lining the inside of the eyelids, in contact with the eyeball. These are extremely common phenomena in the population of both sexes

Strabismus

Strabismus is an ocular condition characterized by misalignment of the eyes and, therefore, of the left and right visual fields, which can occur in the first 6 months after birth

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