How to Diagnose an Eye Problem

Millions of people worldwide have experienced eye problems due to infections, irritations, injury and stress. There are innumerable kinds of eye problems. These include vision impairment, glaucoma, cataract, injury and itchiness. Normally eye problems are temporary and do not require medical attention. However, there are numerous serious eye conditions that need immediate treatment. It is possible to effectively diagnose eye problems.

Instructions

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  Allow a physician to use an ophthalmoscope and/or other opthalmic instruments to examine your eyes. These complex instruments used by physicians will help them diagnose any eye problems you may have.

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  If you have recently injured your eye and are experiencing blurred vision; strings and spots floating in your field of vision; flashes of light in one or both eyes; and partial loss of vision, then you may have a detached retina.

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  If you are experiencing severe pain in the eye, redness or cloudy vision, then you may have acute glaucoma. This condition is due to a rise in eye pressure which can permanently damage your vision or cause blindness.

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  If you are experiencing symptoms that resemble the flu such as muscle aches, tiredness, fever and a pain in one or both of your temples, then you may have temporal arteritis which is an inflammatory illness.

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  If one or both of your eyes are red, pink, itchy, irritated, and there are mucus or secretions oozing from your eye, then you may have pink eye, or conjunctivitis, which is an eye infection caused by a virus or bacteria.

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  If there is a bite-like swelling on one or both of your eyes accompanied by redness and itchiness, then you may have an insect bite or allergy.

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  If you feel like there is sand in your eye and your vision is blurry then you might have a small particle under your eyelid or a scratched cornea.

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  If you are experiencing pain while wearing contact lenses then you maybe have an eye infection caused by your contact lenses or your eyes may have become irritated due to overuse.