Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology is a branch of medicine that studies the physiology and anatomy of the eye, congenital and acquired pathologies of this organ, their prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
A specialist who represents this area of medicine is an ophthalmologist.
Symptoms that require you to see an ophthalmologist:
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Ophthalmology is a branch of medicine that studies the physiology and anatomy of the eye, congenital and acquired pathologies of this organ, their prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
A specialist who represents this area of medicine is an ophthalmologist.
Symptoms that require you to see an ophthalmologist:
- changes in the field of vision: local or concentric;
- distortion of the shapes of objects;
- fog, dots, midges before the eyes;
- pain, burning in the eyeball;
- redness, inflammation, swelling of the eyelids;
- redness of the eyeball;
- dry eye;
- increased lacrimation;
- sensation of a foreign object in the eye;
- photophobia;
- purulent discharge.
Diseases that ophthalmology studies:
- conjunctivitis;
- glaucoma;
- strabismus;
- hyperopia (farsightedness);
- myopia (myopia);
- cataract;
- leukoma;
- nystagmus;
- astigmatism;
- amblyopathy;
- hemophthalt;
- chalazion and others.
Diagnostics and treatment measures in ophthalmology
The following types of diagnostic methods are used in ophthalmology:
- visiometry - determining visual acuity;
- perimetry - determining the visual field;
- tonometry - studying intraocular pressure;
- tonography - examining the eye for glaucoma;
- color test;
- refractometry;
- iridodiagnostics – study of the iris;
- biomicroscopy – study of the fundus.
In addition, the ophthalmologist prescribes a number of laboratory tests (urine and blood) to determine the immune status, to identify infections and inflammatory processes in the body.
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