8 Types of Eye Diseases That Often Occur, Don't Underestimate

Kapanlagi.com - There are various types of eye diseases and they can be frightening for some people. This is because the eyes are one of the vital organs used for seeing and are important for daily activities. Having healthy eyes is certainly something to be grateful for.

Unfortunately, many people underestimate eye health. However, the eyes are vulnerable organs that can cause eye health problems, including the appearance of eye diseases that haunt you.

Several factors that can cause eye diseases include increasing air pollution, dust, vehicle exhaust, cigarette smoke, bad habits, fungal, viral, and bacterial infections. If left untreated, eye diseases can be dangerous and can even lead to blindness. That's why it's important to know the types of eye diseases that are occurring in order to prevent them.

Summarizing from several sources, here are the types of eye diseases that you need to know. Let's take a look.

1. Dry Eyes

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Dry eyes are one of the most common eye conditions experienced by most people. However, this complaint is mostly experienced by the elderly and women. This type of eye condition will experience symptoms such as a sandy or foreign body sensation in the eyes, redness, stinging or itching, and glare.

As for some factors causing dry eyes, such as inadequate tear production, autoimmune diseases, irritation, infection, allergies, nutritional deficiencies, eyes being frequently exposed to wind or sunlight. To overcome this condition, you can use eye drops to increase tear production.

2. Conjunctivitis

For some people, they are certainly familiar with this type of eye condition. Conjunctivitis is a type of disease where the soft tissues around the eyes become inflamed and cause redness, watery eyes, stinging, and itching. Conjunctivitis is caused by allergies, irritation, and infection. In fact, if caused by infection, it will make the eyes pus-filled.

The treatment for conjunctivitis can be done according to its cause. If it is caused by allergies, then you can avoid allergens. If it is caused by a virus, it can heal on its own within a few days. If conjunctivitis is caused by a bacterial infection, you can use eye drops or antibiotic eye ointment.

3. Cataracts

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The next common eye disease is cataracts. This condition is often experienced by the elderly who are 60 years old and above. However, it is possible for cataracts to occur at a younger age. Generally, this disease is influenced by age factors, the presence of protein clumps in the lens of the eye, eye injuries, exposure to UV rays, diabetes mellitus, and side effects of drugs. Cataract surgery can be done to treat this type of eye disease.

4. Glaucoma

Glaucoma is another common eye disease. Glaucoma itself is a condition that causes damage to the optic nerve due to increased pressure in the eyeball. In some cases, glaucoma often does not cause symptoms.

However, if you experience symptoms such as blurred vision, seeing rainbow-colored circles when looking at light, headaches, nausea, vomiting, and red eyes, this disease may worsen and can cause blindness. Some types of glaucoma include open-angle glaucoma, closed-angle glaucoma, congenital glaucoma, and secondary glaucoma.

5. Pterygium

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Next, the type of eye disease you need to know is pterygium. This condition is an eye disorder caused by the presence of a mucous membrane that covers the white part of the eye. This eye disease often occurs due to frequent exposure to sunlight radiation.

This condition often presents symptoms such as red eyes, blurred vision, and itchy or hot eyes. In addition, the presence of the mucous membrane makes the eyes feel like there is a foreign object. The way to overcome this condition is by giving corticosteroid eye drops.

6. Blepharitis

Blepharitis is a condition where there is inflammation of the eyelids due to increased production of oil glands. The symptoms of this type of eye disease are red, hot, painful, itchy, watery eyes, swelling, and there are wounds on the eyelids. The way to overcome this disease can be done by always maintaining eye hygiene. You can also compress with warm water to clean the eyelids. This can also help soften the dirt in the eyes.

7. Eye Refraction

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Eye refraction is an eye problem related to vision impairment. This condition causes blurry vision. The cause of this type of eye disease is that certain eye shapes do not allow light to focus properly on the retina.

The types of refractive eye disorders are myopia (nearsightedness), where the patient cannot see objects far away. Hyperopia (farsightedness), where the patient cannot see objects up close. Astigmatism (cylindrical eye) is caused by light entering the retina, resulting in blurry or distorted vision. Presbyopia (age-related farsightedness) is a problem with the eye's ability to focus that occurs in older adults, causing blurry vision.

8. Dacryocystitis

Lastly, a common eye disease to watch out for is dacryocystitis or an infection of the tear sac. This condition causes pain, redness, swelling, and even discharge of pus from the eye. This disease is usually caused by blockage in the tear duct that drains tears into the nose.

Those are some types of eye diseases that you need to be aware of. So, don't forget to always take care of your eye health. Hope this information is useful.

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