Eye Abnormalities
Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Eye Abnormalities. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Eye Abnormalities.
Sub-Categories
Terms
Aniridia - A congenital abnormality in which there is only a rudimentary iris. This is due to the failure of th...
Anophthalmos - Congenital absence of the eye or eyes....
Blepharophimosis - The abnormal narrowness of the palpebral fissure in the horizontal direction caused by the lateral d...
Coloboma - Congenital anomaly in which some of the structures of the eye are absent due to incomplete fusion of...
Ectopia Lentis - Congenital displacement of the lens resulting from defective zonule formation....
Eye Abnormalities - Congenital absence of or defects in structures of the eye; may also be hereditary....
Hydrophthalmos - Congenital open-angle glaucoma that results from dysgenesis of the angle structures accompanied by i...
Microphthalmos - Congenital or developmental anomaly in which the eyeballs are abnormally small....
Persistent Hyperplastic Primary Vitreous - A developmental ocular anomaly in which the primary VITREOUS BODY and its surrounding hyaloid vascul...
Retinal Dysplasia - Congenital, often bilateral, retinal abnormality characterized by the arrangement of outer nuclear r...
WAGR Syndrome - A contiguous gene syndrome associated with hemizygous deletions of chromosome region 11p13. The cond...
Common Chronic Illnesses
Coronary Disease
An imbalance between myocardial functional requirements and the capacity of the CORONARY VESSELS to supply sufficient blood flow. It is a form of MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA (insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle) caused by a decreased capacity of the coronary vessels.
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
A subtype of DIABETES MELLITUS that is characterized by INSULIN deficiency. It is manifested by the sudden onset of severe HYPERGLYCEMIA, rapid progression to DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS, and DEATH unless treated with insulin. The disease may occur at any age, but is most common in childhood or adolescence.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
A subclass of DIABETES MELLITUS that is not INSULIN-responsive or dependent (NIDDM). It is characterized initially by INSULIN RESISTANCE and HYPERINSULINEMIA; and eventually by GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; and overt diabetes. Type II diabetes mellitus is no longer considered a disease exclusively found in adults. Patients seldom develop KETOSIS but often exhibit OBESITY.
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Hypertension
Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.
Mesothelioma
A tumor derived from mesothelial tissue (peritoneum, pleura, pericardium). It appears as broad sheets of cells, with some regions containing spindle-shaped, sarcoma-like cells and other regions showing adenomatous patterns. Pleural mesotheliomas have been linked to exposure to asbestos. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Osteoarthritis
A progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans.
