Eye diseases

Identify what eye ailment / defect is being described. Choose from the list below.

1. A clouding of the natural lens, the part of the eye

responsible for focusing light and producing clear,

sharp images

2. Difficulty seeing the differences between some colors

2. A redness of the membrane covering the eye

2. Occurs when light entering the eye focuses behind the retina, instead of directly on it

2. Difficulty in seeing near objects

2. Difficulty in seeing far objects

2. A clouding of the natural lens, the part of the eye responsible for focusing light and producing clear, sharp images

2. A small boil that develops on the eyelid

2. Caused by weakness of the muscles that move the eye

2. Often occurs with nearsightedness or farsightedness

2. More common in boys than in girls; hereditary

2. Caused by a cornea that is steeper, or an eye that is

longer, than a normal eye

2. Caused by a cornea that is flatter, or an eye that is shorter, than a normal eye

2. May be caused by an infection at the root of the eyelash

2. Contagious; spreads easily by direct contact