Symptoms Depending on the cause, eye injuries can present themselves with different symptoms. In most cases a strong reddening of the eye can be seen, which is caused by an irritation of the conjunctiva. The eye may be swollen, have an increased lacrimation and frequent blinking. Often there is also an unpleasant foreign body sensation. … Symptoms | Injuries to the eye
Prognosis Eye injuries are prognostically dependent on their severity. Often, only superficial injuries are present, which either heal on their own or can be treated by an ophthalmologist on an outpatient basis, for example with eye drops. More rarely, there are serious injuries that require surgical treatment and can lead to blindness as a serious … Prognosis | Injuries to the eye
Definition Injuries to the eye can be caused by numerous triggers, such as blows, impacts, stitches, UV rays or corrosive substances and can in principle affect all structures of the eye, including the eyelids, tear organs, cornea, conjunctiva, retina, vitreous body and optic nerve. It is also possible to damage several of these structures at … Injuries to the eye
Synonyms in a broader sense Visual path lesion, optic nerve, chiasmal lesion, optic nerve Introduction The visual pathway begins at the retina of the eye and carries the visual sensations to the visual cortex of the cerebrum. Various failures occur along the visual path. Depending on the location of the damage to the visual pathway, … Injury of the visual path
Field of vision loss due to damage to the visual path In lesions (damage) of the optic nerve (optic nerve), one eye goes completely blind if the entire nerve is affected. The other eye continues to see normally regardless. A pupil disorder also occurs. Damage (lesion) in the optic tract results in a homonymous hemianopsy. … Field of vision loss due to damage to the visual path | Injury of the visual path
