What is the common eye condition that affects people as they get older?
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All 3 of the previous answers aren't quite right.  The condition you're looking for is called presbyopia and it happens to nearly everybody.  It happens when the muscles in your eye aren't able to focus up close anymore.  (In a way, they just kind of wear out with age.)  Reading glasses, bifocals, progressive lenses, bifocal contact lenses, and monovision are all good options you can try.
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It s an eye disease that causes blindness and can be brought on from a series of different diseases., like diabetes.
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as we age the sclera gets thinner and more discoloured, just like the rest of our skin tends to. many people also get lesions calld 'pingueculae' which are yellowish lumps either side of the cornea (the clear bit in front of the iris), which are fatty and plaque-like deposits, which also discolour the eyes.
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Central Serous Choroidopathy ( CSR )\n\n\nCentral serous choroidopathy (CSR) presents most commonly in young men, 20 to 50 years of age, with a rather sudden onset of blurred vision in one eye, minification of images, reduced color vision, or a central "blind spot" in the involved eye. The exact cause of the condition is unknown, but the disorder is characterized by "leakage" of fluid in the central macula. Patients with CSR generally have vision in the 20/20 to 20/100 range and a serous (clear fluid) retinal detachment may be discovered by the examining ophthalmologist. A fluorescein angiogram may be utilized to confirm the diagnosis.
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retinal detachment is caused by alot of factors. the most common one is stress from working in a focused enviromnet liek surgerys for example. but it is a multifactorial disease, meaning not only over stressing your eye will cause it but also genetics and aging play an important rule
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The lazy eye, usually has weaker vision than the "good" eye\n\nAs such, it relaxes, and your body forces you to use the good eye.\n\nExercises will help, but it wont really ever go away. It happens after you work out, because you are tired, and the body tends to go towards its natural state.\n\nunfortunately excercises, eye patches, etc. are only temporary fixes, the body will always go back to its natural state.\n\nSee an opthamalogist anyway, there might be something they can suggest
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Most forms of Glaucoma can be treated so probably not. It is not the kind of condition that would keep a person from working unless it was severe or had been untreated for a long time. What they would look at would be the ability to see.
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Im not sure if head trauma can cause this later on in life , but I do know that one is usually born with this condition. I have two family members which have suffered from this and I myself have what is known as a "lazy-eye" and all of us have been born with this eye condition. However, there are corrective measures as well as surgeries and it's too bad this little darling wasnt given the chance at having one.
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Glasses, contact lenses or Lasik. You did not cause the eye problem, you were born that way. You cannot make your eyes near or far sighted by reading in the dark, using the computer too much, etc
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Retinopathy refers to diseases that affect the retina, the collection of light-sensitive cells lining the back half of each eye. The retina contains nerve cells that translate what you see into electrical impulses. These impulses are transmitted to the brain, where they are interpreted.\n\nThe retina contains many blood vessels. Abnormalities in these vessels cause several forms of retinopathy. Retinopathy can cause partial loss of vision or complete blindness. It can develop slowly or occur suddenly. Retinopathy can get better on its own at any time or it can cause permanent damage, depending on what's causing it and how far it has progressed.\n\nSome types of retinopathy (for example, central serous retinopathy) do not have an obvious cause. \n\nCentral serous retinopathy, begins for reasons that are not well understood. In this condition, fluid accumulates in the membrane behind your retina, called the choroid. This fluid seeps in between tissue layers in the retina and causes them to separate, resulting in blurred vision or poor night vision. This condition usually affects males between the ages of 20 and 50, but women also can get this condition. A person who develops this retinopathy is more likely than average to have been exposed to certain treatments or to have had certain medical problems, so these treatments and conditions are suspected to be possible triggers. Suspected triggers includ steroid medicines, pregnancy, antihistamines, antibiotics, alcohol abuse, nasal allergies, asthma, autoimmune problems and untreated high blood pressure. It is not clear whether emotional stress also may trigger this form of retinopathy, although some experts suspect a link.\n\nSymptoms include:\n\n    * Blurred or dim vision, sometimes coming on suddenly\n    * Blind spots\n    * Distorted shapes\n    * Reduced visual sharpness
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its always a possibility that some things are inherited. Best bet is to go to an eye doctor as he will be able to answer that quite simply
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Well, there are many.\n\nFirst of all, any incident where the eye is physically damaged (e.g. poked, scraped), could cause permanent damage.\n\nI suggest the following website:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye#Diseases.2C_disorders.2C_and_age-related_changes
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My grandma's eye color changed from green to blue after she got eye surgery.  And my sister's eyes changed from blue to green.  My brother's have changed from light green to light brown.  So, it's common with time.
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Yes, it leads to blindness.  I can only see out of one eye now due to excessive consumption during my youth.  If only Yahoo Answers had existed then!
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The eye doctors call those "floaters".  I was told that it happens as the retina ages.
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I would think too much time has gone bye. I would think glasses would help. A friend of mine lost his eye when he was fishing and got the hook in the eye.  He had a glass eye and it did not bother him to look out of only one eye.  But I am not a Dr.
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Grey hair is caused by death of the melanin (color)-producing cells in the hair follicle. It is more noticeable in dark hair than light. Since most Indian people are dark haired, it can be seen in children, whereas in a largely light-haired population, it would not be seen. Greying can happen at any age, though it is more likely as one ages.(1)\n\nAll people do not have poor eyesight (or it wouldn't be considered poor, it would be considered normal), though there are genetic, environmental and nutritional factors that can make the numbers greater in one area than another. Many of those who do have poor eyesight, have had it since birth. \n\nIt is unlikely to be noticed in a young child who is otherwise healthy, as they can't tell you what they can or cannot see. As they learn to talk, they don't mention any problem, because they don't know that everybody's eyesight isn't like theirs. \n\nIf you are seeing an increased incidence of poor eyesight, perhaps it is due to better medical care and eyesight screening. Certainly it could be something that is causing children to have poor eyesight more often than in the past, but it's more likely that it's just being picked up earlier.\n\nI think that if you were able to find the information from an unbiased source, you'd learn that these two things have always happened in young children, and aren't just starting to happen now. And remember, older people *always* think "Things just aren't the way they used to be!" We're sometimes wrong about *some* things.