subject: Eye Diseases: Symptoms, Causes and Types [print this page] Eye Diseases: Symptoms, Causes and Types Eye Diseases: Symptoms, Causes and Types
Cataract, age related macular degeneration, glaucoma, retinal diseases are the most common types of eye diseases. When natural eye lens turn dark, a person can experience unclear vision and in this case one is said to have developed cataract. Symptoms of eye disease include failing to identify any colour, he or she feels double images. Treatments are varying from their causes and types depending on how they suffer from existing problems. Person affected with major problem surgery and laser therapy help to remove the dense layer from eye lens. Dry eye is the most common eye problem people suffer as a result of several substances in the environment such as eye itching, long term usage of television and computer that can lead to suffering eyesight over a period of time. Glaucoma is a disease that damages the optic nerve that carries visual signals from eye to brain. Glaucoma usually affects both eyes, but can also affect one eye. It occurs with a significant amount of nerve damage resulting in loss of vision. Retinal disease (diabetic retinopathy and retinitis pigmentosa) occurs with group of genetic disorders in which cells in the retina deteriorate to causing loss of color vision together with peripheral vision.
