Eye Info
Eye conditions
Summary: Simple guides designed to help you understand more about your eye condition.
- Most searched for eye conditions
- Other common eye conditions
- Eye examinations and appointments
- Making the most of your sight
- What happens next?
- Contact us
Our information on individual eye conditions is medically checked and is designed to be as useful as possible.
If you wish to use this information for patients and clients, you will find that each page has a link to a printable version. Please feel free to print and photocopy as many copies of the information as you may need.
Most searched for eye conditions
- Uveitis
- Charles Bonnet syndrome
- Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) (see also Anti-VEGF treatment for wet AMD)
- Posterior vitreous detachment (PVD)
- Glaucoma
- Retinal detachment
- Coloboma
- Cataracts
- Giant Cell or Temporal Arteritis.
Other common eye conditions
- Aniridia
- Best’s disease
- Laser surgery following cataract operations
- Coat’s disease
- Congenital cataracts
- Corneal dystrophies (including Keratoconus)
- Corneal transplantation
- Diabetes related eye conditions
- Dry eye
- Hemianopsia
- High degree myopia
- Light sensitivity
- Macular Hole
- Nystagmus
- Retinitis pigmentosa
- Retinal vessel occlusion
- Retinopathy of prematurity
- Squints in childhood
- Stargardt’s macular dystrophy
- Thyroid eye disease.
Rare eye conditions
If you have been diagnosed with an eye condition not listed here, you may find a support group. A number have been established for rarer eye conditions.
Eye examinations and appointments
Please see eye tests and clinics for guides to visiting the ophthalmologist and hospital eye clinic, and protect your eyes for information on keeping your eyes healthy and safe.
Making the most of your sight
Much can be done to help people with some vision. Magnifiers, lighting and use of colour can make a big difference. Visit our low vision pages for tips on making things easier to see.
If you, or someone you know, has an eye problem and a learning disability, Look Up may be able to help you.
What happens next?
If you've recently been diagnosed with a sight problem or even if you've been living with sight loss for some time, read our practical advice to continue living confidently.
Registration as blind or partially sighted can help you get the practical support you need. It can be your “passport” to services, concessions and benefits. However, you do not need to be registered to get help from your social services or social work department.
Contact us
If you would like to speak to someone in our eye health information service, or if you have any queries about your eye sight, please contact our Helpline (helpline@rnib.org.uk / 0845 766 9999 or 020 7388 2525 – some callers may find it cheaper to call a landline, so we have detailed both 08 prefixed numbers and landline equivalents where available).
You can also contact our Eye Health Information Service:
RNIB Eye Health Information Service
105 Judd Street
London
WC1H 9NE
Telephone 020 7388 1266
Email eyehealth@rnib.org.uk
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Content author: eyehealth@rnib.org.uk
Last updated: 09/04/2008 16:36
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