Eye Condition Fact Sheets

The following fact sheets have been produced jointly by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB).

The fact sheets aim to provide some basic information on the most common causes of vision loss. If you need advice on treatment options it is important that you see an eye-care specialist such as an ophthalmologist (eye surgeon) rather than your GP (regular family doctor) or local optometrist (spectacle specialist).

What is Age-Related Macular Degeneration?
What is Aniridia?
What is Anophthalmia?
What is Best's Disease?
What is a Cataract?
What is Charles Bonnet Syndrome?
What is Coats' Disease
What is Coloboma
What is a Congenital Cataract?
What is Corneal Dystrophy?
What is a Corneal Graft?
What is Diabetes?
What is Dry Eye?
What is Genetic Eye Disease?
What is Giant Cell Arteritis
What is Glaucoma?
What is Hemianopsia?
What is Myopia?
What is Macular Dystrophy?
What is Microphthalmia?
What is Nystagmus?
What is Ocular Albinism?
What is Optic Atrophy?
What is Optic Nerve Hypoplasia?
What is Posterior Vitreous Detachment?
What Is Retinal Detachment?
What is Retinitis Pigmentosa?
What is Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)?
What is Stargardt Macular Dystrophy?
What is Thyroid Eye Disease?
What is Uveitis?

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