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AIDS-Related Eye Problems

Allergic Conjunctivitis

Amblyopia (lazy eye)

Aniridia

Astigmatism

Bags (fat prolapse)

Blepharitis

Blepharospasm

Cataract

Chalazion

Color Blindness

Conjunctivitis (pink eye)

Diabetic Retinopathy

Double Vision (diplopia)

Dry Eye

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Floaters

Genetic Eye Disorders

Glaucoma

Graves' Disease

Herpes

Hyperopia

Ischemic Optic Neuropathy

Keratitis (corneal infection)

Keratoconus

Low Vision

Lyme Disease

Macular Degeneration

Macular Hole

Melanoma

Migraine (headache)

Myasthenia Gravis

Myopia (nearsightedness)

Nystagmus

Optic Neuritis

Pterygium

Ptosis (drooping eyelid)

Retinal Detachment

Retinitis Pigmentosa

Retinopathy of Prematurity

Shingles

Sports Eye Injuries

Strabismus

Stye

Systemic Disease and the Eye

Tearing

Thyroid Eye Disease

Trauma

Uveitis

Wrinkles


 

Eye Conditions

Ptosis

Ptosis is when the muscle that raises the upper eyelid fails to develop properly in one or both eyes. When an eyelid droops and covers half the eye, that eye may mistakenly appear smaller than the other. Ptosis sometimes may result in amblyopia. If the ptosis is severe, surgery is required to lift the eyelid.

Signs and Symptoms

  • Drooping eyelid

  • Smaller than normal looking eye

  • Loss of vision in the upper field

  • Tilting the head back to see

Treatments and Prevention

  • Surgery

  • If a result of disease the disease will be treated first in hopes of reversal of ptosis

UIC Specialists
Allen Putterman, MD

Treatment Clinic/Service
Oculoplastic Surgery

This information is not intended to replace the advice of a doctor.

 

 

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