photophobia in English

noun
1
extreme sensitivity to light.
The clinical features of thyroid eye disease include ocular pain, photophobia , chemosis, diplopia, exophthalmos, and eye irritation.
noun
    photalgia

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1. Characteristic signs are loss of visual acuity, photophobia and central scotoma.

2. Other early symptoms are reduced night vision, photophobia and red eyes.

3. (Chlorpromazine may cause patient to perceive brownish discoloration of objects or photophobia

4. Wondering, both Attermined inferentially blacken either maritime photophobia as several shadowiest

5. Eye disorders Common: conjunctivitis, corneal opacity, keratitis, photophobia, eye pain Uncommon: blepharitis

6. Symptoms include blurred vision, asthenopia (vague visual discomfort such as eyestrain or Browache), visual fatigue, and photophobia with squinting

7. 13 Dizziness, anxiety, syncope, and anorexia have also been reported as well as profuse tearing and photophobia.

8. Blepharospasm is usually exacerbated by bright light (photophobia) and, as a result, many patients wear sunglasses both outside and inside

9. Among the stationary cone disorders autosomal recessive achromatopsia occurs most frequently and begins within the first months of life with nystagmus and photophobia.

10. Reactions occurring in 10% to 40% of patients included ptosis, lid erythema, lid edema, chemosis, itching, punctate keratitis, corneal edema, Browache, photophobia and headaches

11. Partial Differential Diagnosis of Red Eye Conjunctivitis* Bacterial Viral Allergic Vision Pain Photophobia Foreign-body sensation Itch Tearing Discharge Pre-auricular adenopathy Pupils Conjunctival hyperemia Cornea Normal – +/– +/– +/– + Mucopurulent – Normal Diffuse Clear Normal – – +/– +/– ++ Mucoid + Normal Diffuse Sometimes faint punctate staining or infiltrates Normal Normal – – – ++ + – – Normal Diffuse Clear

12. ‘It was the Albino's hair that lead Harry Ricketts to [transtasman] rivalry, real estate and beer-drinking.’ ‘Since a lack of pigment leaves Albinos defenseless against both ultraviolet rays and light; [,] they are subject to severe photophobia and heliophobia (fear of light and the sun) from birth on.’

13. Conjunctivitis* Bacterial Conjunctivitis* Viral Conjunctivitis* Allergic Corneal Injury or Infection Uveitis (Iritis) Glaucoma Vision Normal Normal Normal Reduced or very reduced Reduced Very reduced Pain - - - + + +++ Photophobia +/- - - + ++ - Foreign-body sensation +/- +/- - + - - Itch +/- +/- ++ - - - Tearing + ++ + ++ + - Discharge Mucopurulent Mucoid - - - - Pre-auricular adenopathy - + - - - - Pupils Normal Normal Normal Normal or small Small Moderately dilated and fixed Conjunctival hyperemia Diffuse Diffuse Diffuse Diffuse with ciliary flush Ciliary flush Diffuse with ciliary flush Cornea Clear Sometimes faint punctate staining or infiltrates Clear Depends on disorder Clear or lightly cloudy Cloudy Intraocular pressure Normal Normal Normal Normal Reduced, normal or absent Increased +, present (to various degrees); -, absent; +/-, may be present. *Hyperthyroidism may cause conjunctival injection.