Eye diseases - a textbook for students of medical colleges and public health faculties of medical universities

The textbook is intended for students in medical colleges and faculties of public health and appears to fill a major gap in their training.

It includes all the knowledge necessary for students in this major.

This handbook is aligned with the curriculum of medical colleges and public health faculties.

The textbook can serve a wider range of specialists, interns, doctors and optometrists

• Ophthalmology -
• a textbook for students of medical colleges and the faculties of public health of medical universities

CONTENTS

Preface. Ts. Dimitrov……………………………………………………………………………………5
Anatomy and physiology of the eye……………………………………………………………….7
Anatomy of the visual analyzer…………………………………………………………..7
Eyeball. Ts. Dimitrov………………………………………………………………………….7
Eye-catching. Ts. Dimitrov………………………………………………………………..13
Vitreous body (corpus vitreum). Hr. Vidinova………………………..14
Orbit. Ts. Dimitrov……………………………………………………………………………………19
Eye appendages. Ts. Dimitrov………………………………………………………………21
Obvious motor muscles. Ts. Dimitrov…………………………………………..23
Visual pathways. Ts. Dimitrov……………………………………………………………….24
Physiology of the visual analyzer. Ts. Dimitrov……………………26
Diagnostic methods in ophthalmology………………………………………….36
Visual acuity test. K. Andreev, Ts. Dimitrov…..36
Color vision research. K. Andreev, Ts. Dimitrov…………38
Peripheral vision test. K. Andreev, Ts. Dimitrov………40
Examination of the anterior segment of the eye. K. Andreev, Ts. Dimitrov…….43
Examination of the fundus. K. Andreev, Ts. Dimitrov…………………45
Optical coherence tomography. Hr. Vidinova……………………………49
Examination of intraocular pressure. Ts. Dimitrov…………………..51
Examination of the lacrimal system. Ts. Dimitrov…………………………….54
Treatment of eye diseases. Ts. Dimitrov………………………………..55
Clinical refraction. Ts. Dimitrov……………………………………………………60
Diseases of the eye (clinical ophthalmology)……………………..79
Diseases of the orbit and lacrimal system. Ts. Dimitrov…………..79
Diseases of the eyelids. Ts. Dimitrov……………………………………………………84
Diseases of the conjunctiva. Ts. Dimitrov……………………………………….88
Dry eye. Hr. Vidinova…………………………………………………………………………………….94
Diseases of the cornea and sclera. Ts. Dimitrov……………………..101
Glaucoma. Ts. Dimitrov, K. Andreev……………………………………………………………….111
Diseases of the lens. Ts. Dimitrov……………………………………………………122
Diseases of the uvea. Ts. Dimitrov………………………………………………………………..126
Diseases of the retina and vitreous body………………………………134
Vascular diseases of the retina……………………………………………………….134
Diabetic retinopathy. Hr. Vidinova……………………………………………….134
Hemophthalmus. Ts. Dimitrov………………………………………………………………..142
Retinal vessel occlusions. Ts. Dimitrov………………………..144