The eye and visual system in pregnancy, what to expect? An in-depth review
Pregnancy represents a real challenge to all body systems. Physiological changes can involve any of the body organs including the eye and visual system. The ocular effect of pregnancy involves a wide spectrum of physiologic and pathologic changes. The latter might be presenting for the first time du...
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| description | Pregnancy represents a real challenge to all body systems. Physiological changes can involve any of the body organs including the eye and visual system. The ocular effect of pregnancy involves a wide spectrum of physiologic and pathologic changes. The latter might be presenting for the first time during pregnancy such as corneal melting and corneal ectasia, or an already existing ocular pathologies that are modified by pregnancy such as diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma. In addition, pregnancy can affect vision through systemic disease that are either specific to the pregnant state itself such as the pre-eclampsia/eclampsia and Sheehan′s syndrome, or systemic diseases that occur more frequently in relation to pregnancy such as Graves′ disease, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, anti-phospholipid syndrome, and disseminated intravascular coagulation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-136684ba9c834e0dbdcf35f59e0274382022-12-22T03:24:34ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsOman Journal of Ophthalmology0974-620X2013-01-0162879110.4103/0974-620X.116626The eye and visual system in pregnancy, what to expect? An in-depth reviewKhawla Abu SamraPregnancy represents a real challenge to all body systems. Physiological changes can involve any of the body organs including the eye and visual system. The ocular effect of pregnancy involves a wide spectrum of physiologic and pathologic changes. The latter might be presenting for the first time during pregnancy such as corneal melting and corneal ectasia, or an already existing ocular pathologies that are modified by pregnancy such as diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma. In addition, pregnancy can affect vision through systemic disease that are either specific to the pregnant state itself such as the pre-eclampsia/eclampsia and Sheehan′s syndrome, or systemic diseases that occur more frequently in relation to pregnancy such as Graves′ disease, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, anti-phospholipid syndrome, and disseminated intravascular coagulation.http://www.ojoonline.org/article.asp?issn=0974-620X;year=2013;volume=6;issue=2;spage=87;epage=91;aulast=SamraComplicationseyeocular effectpregnancy |
| spellingShingle | Khawla Abu Samra The eye and visual system in pregnancy, what to expect? An in-depth review Oman Journal of Ophthalmology Complications eye ocular effect pregnancy |
| title | The eye and visual system in pregnancy, what to expect? An in-depth review |
| title_full | The eye and visual system in pregnancy, what to expect? An in-depth review |
| title_fullStr | The eye and visual system in pregnancy, what to expect? An in-depth review |
| title_full_unstemmed | The eye and visual system in pregnancy, what to expect? An in-depth review |
| title_short | The eye and visual system in pregnancy, what to expect? An in-depth review |
| title_sort | eye and visual system in pregnancy what to expect an in depth review |
| topic | Complications eye ocular effect pregnancy |
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