complication

Phthisis bulbi

Phthisis bulbi is a shrunken, non-functional eye. It may result from severe eye disease, or injury, or it may represent a complication of eye . Treatment options include insertion of a prosthesis, which may be preceded by enucleation of the eye.

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Symptoms — what it feels like

·Shrunken eye with little or no function

Causes — why it happens

·Eye

Prevention

·By treating the condition before the eye goes to pthisis

Treatment

Outlook

·Usually permanent blindness in affected eye

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