Diseases Of The Eye And Ear
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ACUTE CATARRHAL CONJUNCTIVITIS (Pink Eye)
Definition. This is an acute inflammation of the mucous membranes under the eyelids, and there is congestion (too much blood), swelling and a discharge of mucus and pus. Causes. Exposure to wind, dust, smoke, or irritating foreign substance, cinder, ... ACUTE CATARRHAL INFLAMMATION OF THE MIDDLE EAR
Causes. Acute coryza, acute pharyngitis, influenza, scarlet fever, inflammation of the eustachian tube, gargling, bathing, employing the nasal douche or violently blowing the nose. Inflammation of the eustachian tube is, in many cases, simply the fir... ACUTE SUPPURATIVE INFLAMMATION OF THE MIDDLE EAR
This inflammation of the middle ear is one in which, at an early stage of the disease, the free liquid poured out assumes a pus-like character. At the onset the mucous membrane of the eustachian tube and middle ear becomes first congested and afterward... BLEPHARITIS MARGINALIS
This means a chronic inflammation of the margin or edge of the eyelids accompanied by congestion, thickening and ulceration of the parts and the formation of scales and crusts. Causes. The underlying cause is often an inflammation of the conjunctiva ... CATARACT
This is an opacity of the crystalline lens or its capsule. The lens is not clear and bright and keeps the light from going through it. Then it is called opaque. ... CHRONIC CATARRHAL INFLAMMATION OF THE MIDDLE EAR
The expression, acute inflammation of the middle ear, is rightly employed when it is applied to a case in which the underlying cause is of a temporary nature, as for example, a cold in the head, and mild attack of influenza, perhaps also in an attack o... CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE INFLAMMATION OF THE MIDDLE EAR
An inflammation that forms pus; hence called suppurative. This is an inflammation that has become chronic (continued) and has one characteristic at least that is very noticeable, and that is the discharge. This may last for an indefinite period. The ac... DEAFNESS
This is usually the result of a disease and is merely a symptom. Diseases of the middle ear, rupture of the drum membrane, and large ulceration of this membrane cause it. Ear wax causes temporary deafness. Diseases of the throat and nose cause it very o... DISEASE OF THE MIDDLE EAR
The ordinary cold in the head rarely runs its course without one of the eustachian tubes at least is involved to some extent. ... DISEASES OF THE EYE AND EAR
The first thing we notice in looking at the eye may be the lids and at each edge are the eyelashes. When this edge becomes inflamed it is called Blenharitis Marginalis or inflammation of the margin of the eyelids. It is called thus from the name of ... EAR AND ITS DISEASES
The external ear is called auricle or pinna. It is an oval funnel-shaped organ. The canal leading in to the membrane (drum) is called the external auditory meatus. It extends inward about one and one-quarter inches and terminates in a membrane. M... EARACHE
The general belief exists that earache is something which is quite harmless and entirely different from a genuine inflammation of the ear. This belief is strengthened by the fact that the great majority of earaches subside without inflicting any harm up... ECZEMA OF THE EXTERNAL EAR (Auricle)
This is an inflammatory disease of the skin, and in the poorer classes it is very frequent. It is quite a common disease in old age. It develops in other parts of the body at the same time in a certain percentage of cases. Causes. Soaps, alkalies, fo... FILM ON THE EYE PTERYGIUM
This is a growth beginning near the inner or outer corner and extending with its point towards the center of the cornea. Symptoms. The patient only complains when it has advanced toward the center of the cornea and the vision is lessened or cut off. ... FOREIGN BODIES IN THE EAR
These are not of frequent occurrence. In the case of children these bodies may comprise such objects as pebbles, beads, beans, pieces of rolled paper, fly, bed-bug; insect of any kind may get into ear of adults. If they reach the drum a very unpleasant ... HARDENED WAX OR IMPACTED CERUMEN
This mass may be mixed with foreign bodies or be made up of "wax" alone. Symptoms. A large mass of wax may remain in the ear for many years without causing any special loss of hearing so long as the plug does not rest against the drum and there remai... In the Sympathizing Eye
There is an inflammation involving the choroid, ciliary body and iris. There is pain, tenderness, small blocked pupil and sight is poor. Course. It usually appears between the third week and the sixth month after the original injury. "The extreme ... INFLAMMATION OF THE EYE OF NEWLY BORN (OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM)
This is a severe inflammation of the conjunctiva in the new born infant, usually due to a discharge from the mother and it is characterized by a discharge of pus. Causes. Mild cases may come from a less violent form of infection from the mother's di... INFLAMMATION OF THE MASTOID' CELLS. (Acute or Chronic Mastoiditis)
This disease represents one of the most serious terminations of an acute or a chronic suppurative inflammation of the middle ear. This is fortunately a comparatively rare event. There are, however, quite a good many cases of this terrible disease. C... INFLAMMATION OF THE RETINA FROM BRIGHT'S DISEASE
The retina is a very delicate structure and we are often able to diagnose Bright's disease from the peculiar effect it produces upon the retina. Causes. The cause is usually Bright's disease, (nephritis) and usually the chronic Interstitial variety... INJURIES OF THE IRIS
Concussion of the eyeball may produce an irregular dilation of the pupil. This is due to paralysis of the sphincter muscle of the pupil, but it generally disappears. The edge of the pupil may be torn in the form of one or more rents, or the iris may be ... Lens
A lens is made of glass and prisms graded in strength, one surface curved, and has the power of refracting or changing the direction of the rays of light. A prism is wedge-shaped and bends rays of light towards its base. A great many people are troubled... Refracting Media
The aqueous humor completely fills the anterior and posterior chambers of the eyeball. The anterior chamber is the space bounded in front by the cornea; behind by the front of the iris. The posterior chamber is a narrow chink between the peripheral part... SENILE CATARACT
The vast majority of these cataracts are found after the age of fifty. They simply come without any known cause. Of course, injury can cause a cataract and it is then called traumatic cataract. ... SEROUS MUCOUS EXUDATION INTO THE MIDDLE EAR
The disease just described is often associated with an (exudation) watery oozing of fluid into the middle ear, but the following condition is different. Sometimes a comparatively normal middle ear is found to contain a variable amount of either fluid o... SIMPLE INFLAMMATION OF THE EUSTACHIAN TUBE
Causes. Acute colds, inflammation of the nose and pharynx, tonsilitis. Symptoms. The ear may feel full and numb, roaring in the ear may occur. There may be pain on swallowing, shooting up through the tube. Treatment. Remove the cause. Treat the ... SQUINT OR STRABISMUS
Both lines of sight are not directed towards the same object of fixation. Internal or Convergent Squint. Where one eye is turned inward toward the nose. External or Divergent Squint. One eye turns outward toward the temple. Squinting upward and do... STYE (HORDEOLUM)
This is a swelling beginning in a gland or glands at the edge of the lid and pus forms finally. Causes. Inflammation of the edge of the lid, stomach trouble, run down condition, poorly fitted glasses, when glasses should be worn to relieve the eye st... SYMPATHETIC INFLAMMATION OF THE EYE
(Sympathetic Ophthalmia.)--A condition in which the healthy eye becomes the seat of a destructive inflammation transferred from the other eye which has been the subject of a similar inflammation usually following a perforating injury of the eyeball. Th... Symptoms in the Exciting Eye
This is more or less congested and painful; when pressure is made upon the upper lid, it shows tenderness. The tension is not as strong; the pupil may be blocked with an exudate. ... Symptoms of Senile (Old Age) Cataract
Blurred vision, flashes and streaks of light, dark spots, double vision. There is no pain. Eye strain due to imperfect sight. Sometimes the first symptom is ability to read without glasses (second sight). This is due to the increased refractive power o... The cornea
This is almost circular in shape. It is convex anteriorly and projects forward from the sclerotic in the same manner that a watch glass does from its case. This layer covers what we call the pupil. The second tunic or coat (membrane) is formed from be... The Retina
This is a delicate membrane, upon the surface of which the images of external objects are received. Its outer surface is in contact with the choroid; its inner, with the vitreous (glass) body. Behind it is continuous with the optic nerve; it gradually d... ULCER OF THE CORNEA
Causes. Poor general health is an underlying cause or the cornea itself may be poorly nourished. Ulcers are common among the poor classes. They often begin through a rubbing of the cornea by a foreign body. They also come from diseases of the conjunctiv...