Common Eye Diseases and their Management

• Main Authors: Galloway, Nicholas R. (Author), Amoaku, Winfried M. K. (Author), Galloway, Peter H. (Author), Browning, Andrew C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 4th ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Ophthalmology.; Pathology.; Medicine & Public Health.; General Practice / Family Medicine.

Since the last edition of this book, there have been a number of advances in the fields of glaucoma, corneal disease, medical retina and genetics. This new edition discusses these developments while also providing an introduction to the specialty of clinical ophthalmology for medical students, train...

Table of Contents:

• Section 1. Introducing the Eye
• The Scope of Ophthalmology
• Basic Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye
• Examination of the Eye
• Section 2 Primary Eye care Problems
• Long Sight, Short Sight
• Common Disease of the Eyelids
• Common Diseases of the Conjunctiva and Cornea
• The Red Eye
• Failing Vision
• Headache
• Contact Lenses
• Section 3. Problems of the Eye Surgeon
• Cataract
• Glaucoma
• Retinal Detachment
• Squint
• Tumours of the Eye and Adnexae
• Ocular Trauma
• Section 4. Problems of the Medical Ophthalmologist
• Testing Visual Acuity
• The Inflamed Eye
• The Ageing Eye
• The Child’s Eye
• Systemic Disease and the Eye
• Neuro-ophthalmology
• Genetics and the Eye
• Drugs and the Eye
• Section 5 Visual Handicap
• Blindness
• Further Reading. .