Intracranial Pressure: Function, Role & Diseases

Intracranial pressure is colloquially known as intracranial pressure. It plays an important role in blood flow and brain function. What is intracranial pressure? Intracranial pressure is colloquially referred to as intracranial pressure. It plays an important role in blood flow and brain function. In English, intracranial pressure is known as intracranial pressure or ICP for … Intracranial Pressure: Function, Role & Diseases

Vision Problems: Causes, Treatment & Help

Visual disorders are, as the name itself suggests, disturbances of vision or the eye. Thereby, the impairment of vision can have many forms. Visual disorders are not infrequently a symptom of an underlying disease. Visual impairments are generally understood to be long-lasting or chronic visual disturbances. What are visual impairments? Because visual disturbances often occur … Vision Problems: Causes, Treatment & Help

Inflammation of the optic nerve

Definition The inflammation of the optic nerve is called neuritis nervi optici. The optic nerve is the second cranial nerve, i.e. it is part of the central nervous system, the brain. It begins at the retina of the eye and transmits the information received by the eye to the brain. For this reason, the disease … Inflammation of the optic nerve

Vitreous detachment

Introduction A vitreous detachment is a lifting of the vitreous body from the surrounding structures. A distinction is made between anterior and posterior vitreous detachment, with the posterior form occurring much more frequently. In this case the vitreous detachment detaches from the retina. Mostly this is related to a liquefaction of the vitreous body in … Vitreous detachment

Ophthalmoscopy – Eye Fundus Examination (Funduscopy)

The ophthalmoscopy, also called ocular funduscopy or funduscopy, is a special examination of the eye that allows the examining doctor to take a look at the fundus in order to make a medical assessment. The fundus includes the retina, the choroid, the point where the optic nerve exits the eye, as well as all the … Ophthalmoscopy – Eye Fundus Examination (Funduscopy)

Direct Ophthalmoscopy | Ophthalmoscopy – the ophthalmoscopy

Direct Ophthalmoscopy The principle of direct ophthalmoscopy is basically the same as for indirect ophthalmoscopy, with the only difference that the ophthalmologist uses an electric ophthalmoscope instead of a head ophthalmoscope. The electric ophthalmoscope is an ophthalmologic instrument that looks like a short rod with a mirror with a built-in magnifying glass attached to one … Direct Ophthalmoscopy | Ophthalmoscopy – the ophthalmoscopy

Driving | Ophthalmoscopy – Eye Fundus Examination (Funduscopy)

Driving The ophthalmoscopy itself is an extremely low-risk and easy to perform type of examination and is also completely painless for the patient. However, it is important to note that patients are required to have a relative or friend drive to the site of the examination and pick them up, or to use public transportation. … Driving | Ophthalmoscopy – Eye Fundus Examination (Funduscopy)

Diabetes | Ophthalmoscopy – Eye Fundus Examination (Funduscopy)

Diabetes Diabetics are a particularly susceptible risk group for a certain disease or consequential damage to the eye. The disease here is called “diabetic retinopathy“. Since diabetes mellitus is not an acutely occurring disease, but rather a slow, insidious process that ultimately affects virtually all areas of our body, it is not a disease of … Diabetes | Ophthalmoscopy – Eye Fundus Examination (Funduscopy)

Baby/with children | Ophthalmoscopy – Eye Fundus Examination (Funduscopy)

Baby/with children Another high-risk group for pathological changes in the blood vessels of the retina are premature babies, especially if they were ventilated with oxygen after birth. Since the baby’s retina and its vessels only fully develop in the last third of the pregnancy, it is easy for premature babies to have a development that … Baby/with children | Ophthalmoscopy – Eye Fundus Examination (Funduscopy)

Ophthalmoscopy: Treatment, Effect & Risks

An ophthalmoscopy or ophthalmoscopy is a routine examination performed by an ophthalmologist. It is performed not only for eye diseases, but also for diseases that threaten the eyes, such as diabetes. This examination is used to check if there are any pathological changes in the eye. What is an ophthalmoscopy? During an ophthalmoscopy, the eye … Ophthalmoscopy: Treatment, Effect & Risks