what does all those medical diagnosis mean?

Question

retinopthy & nystagus&amblyopia& emvermental allergies

Answer 1

retinopathy is a problem with the retina where the images form for you to see. Nystimgus is a shaking of the eye ball uncontrollably side to side. It can be pat of an eye illness or part of a brain injury, or even normal. ambliopia usually occurs with "Lazy eye". The good eye takes over and you can lose the use of your other eye. My baby wore patches on her good eye for months and then had 3 surgeries to correct the lazy eye and that also resolved the ambliopia.
Environmental allergies are simply alllergys in the environment, sometimes its lots of things like dust, polllen and molds. cats, dogs, and such. There are also people that believe people are allergic to the environment incluiding the building they work in, their house, after all almost everything has something fake in t. Lumbar s treated with termite deterrent. that sort of thing.

Answer 2

All these medical diagnoses are parts of eye evaluation in the pediatric opthalmology.


Nystagmus is the rapid involuntary movement of the eye which maybe horizontal, vertical, rotatory, or mixed. Nystagmus usually results in some degree of visual loss. Nystagmus may be present at birth (congenital) or acquired later in life



Amblyopia (commonly called lazy eye) is the medical term for a loss of vision in an apparently healthy eye. This occurs in babies and young children if there is an imbalance between the eyes. In these cases, the child may subconsciously use one eye more often. The other eye will then lose vision due to disuse. An eye imbalance can occur when there is cataract, strabismus, ptosis (droopy eyelid), eye injury or a refractive error that is worse in one eye.


Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), also known as retrolental fibroplasia (RLF), is a process of new blood vessel formation and scarring. It affects the retina (the seeing membrane at the back of the eye) primarily in very low birth weight babies

Diabetic Retinopathy

Diabetic retinopathy occurs as a result of high blood sugar, and can cause blindness if left untreated. It affects the eye primarily by damaging the blood vessels of the retina.


Environmental allergies are very common and may encompass other forms of allergic reactions since they concern the environment in which we all exist


Types of allergies include:

Inhalant or respiratory allergies
Drug or medication allergies
Skin or contact allergies

Answer 3

Retinopathy is a general term that refers to some form of non-inflammatory damage to the retina of the eye. Most commonly it is a problem with the blood supply that is the cause for this condition.

Nystagmus is involuntary eye movement, with the eyes moving first in the direction of the lesioned (bad) side followed by a quick correction to the opposite side.

Amblyopia, also known as "lazy eye"

Environmental allergies are your body's response to substances you inhale. They can be caused by dust, animal dander, mold spores or mildew, or feathers. Dust and mold allergies are different from pollen allergies because they cause problems all year round--not just at certain seasons.
They are allergies that are not from food or medications.

Answer 4

What do all these medical diagnoses (plural) mean? Retinopathy is a name for a group of noninflammatory eye disorders that are associated with conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and atherosclerotic vascular disease. Some result in partial or complete blindness.

Nystagmus is a condition of involuntary, rhythmic movements of the eyes. There are various types of nystagmus - jerking, pendular, labyrinthine vestibular nystagmus, vertical and seesaw. It can be associated with barbituate intoxication, vestibular labyrinthitis, vascular or neurologic disease, bilateral hemanopia, retinal and refractive disease, vertigo, head tremeor and photophobia.

Amblyopia is a reduced vision in one eye that can't be corrected with lenses and has no obvious disease or structural cause.

Environmental allergies are just that. Allergies to things in one's environment. They may worsen seasonally.

You could have found all of this out by running searches for yourself.

Answer 5

You really don't want to know because it means you are slipping downhill fast. Luckily your vision will be so bad you won't see yourself heading down there.

Your vision might end up being worse than your spelling and there is not a "check vision" box on Yahoo..