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Thyroid eye disease - MyDr.com.au
Thyroid eye disease occurs in people with thyroid disease and is characterised by inflammation, swelling and eventual scarring.
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Thyroid Eye Disease - Targeting Cancer
Find out more about the causes, symptoms and treatments for thyroid eye disease.
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Ophthalmologist: parents & kids guide | Raising Children Network
An ophthalmologist can help your child if your child has had an injury to his eyes or it looks like he has an eye problem or eye disease. Find out more.
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Function & Anatomy Of The Human Eye - Fred Hollows Foundation
Eyes are important organs that help us navigate our way through the world. Learn more about how eyes work and how eye diseases affect our sight.
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News & Media releases | Glaucoma Australia
Given the convincing findings from the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) on supplement recommendations in slowing down progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), it is not surprising that the role of diet and supplements has also been examined in glaucoma management
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Eye Diseases & Disorders In Children & Toddlers | Fred Hollows
Childhood blindness, caused by cataracts, trachomas, and retinopathy of prematurity, affects three out of four children who live in poverty. Fred Hollows provides free treatment for those affected. Find out how to help.
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Amblyopia (lazy eye) - MyDr.com.au
Amblyopia is a common cause of reduced vision in children, sometimes known as 'lazy eye'. Usually one eye is affected, but sometimes both.
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Trachoma - eye infection | Health and wellbeing | Queensland Government
Trachoma is a preventable eye condition caused by repeated infections with eye strains of the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis that lead to a roughening of the inner surface of the eyelid.
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Eye health and vision | Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
Illness, injury and ageing can affect your eyesight, so it’s important to keep your eyes as healthy as possible. Find out what we’re doing to help improve eye health in Australia and prevent vision loss.
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Eye floaters - Better Health Channel
Some eye floaters look like small dots, while others appear like threads or little hairy clumps.
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Orbital therapy for adult thyroid eye disease | Cochrane
Authors' conclusions: This review found that orbital radiotherapy is more effective than sham radiotherapy for the treatment of mild-to-moderate thyroid eye disease
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RACGP - Microvascular complications: Diabetes-related eye disease
Reproduced with permission from The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Diabetes-related retinopathy (DR) occurs as a result of microvascular disease of the retina. It
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Leprosy: How Much do you Really Know? | Ausmed
Leprosy is a bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae), which multiples slowly and progressively affects cooler body tissue (e.g. skin, testes, superficial nerves, eyes). It is a chronic disease that is most common in the tropics and subtropics
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Interventions for eye movement disorders in people with stroke | Cochrane
Authors' conclusions: There is insufficient evidence to reach conclusions about the effectiveness of interventions for patients with eye movement disorders after stroke
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The ocular adverse effects of oral drugs
The rich blood supply of the eye exposes it to the adverse effects of medicines taken by mouth.
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Causes of Cataracts | Ausmed
The lens in a healthy eye should be clear, allowing the retina to receive a clear, sharp image. A cataract is when the lens becomes cloudy, causing vision impairment. Cataracts are primarily age-related. In fact, almost every person who is 80 or older has some level of cataract formation.
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RACGP - Red Book - Visual and hearing impairment
Reproduced with permission from The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Hearing loss is a common problem among older individuals and is associated with significant physical, functional and mental health consequences
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Faecal occult blood test (FOBT) | Pathology Tests Explained
The faecal occult blood test (FOB) checks for small amounts of blood (not visible by eye) in your stool. Normally, there will not be enough blood lost throug
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Xerosis (Dry Skin) in Older Adults | Ausmed
Xerosis (or asteatosis) is the medical term used to describe abnormally dry skin associated with flaking, scaling, redness or itching, which is caused by dehydration of the stratum corneum (the horny cell layer of the epidermis). The condition affects almost every person over the age of 60.
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Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumour suppressor | Pathology Tests Explained
The VHL gene provides instructions for making a protein that functions as part of a complex (a group of proteins that work together) called the VCB-CUL2 comp
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