Eyes: A Window to the World for Your Brain

What are the common conditions and disorders that affect your eyes?The types of conditions that can affect your eyes vary depending on the specific part(s) involved. That’s because your eyes include a variety of tissue types. It has muscle, connective tissue, nerves, blood vessels and more.Some of the different types of eye conditions include — but aren’t limited to — the following:Refractive errors. These are problems with how you see because light isn’t coming into focus on your retinas correctly. Refractive errors can take many forms, such as focusing too soon (nearsightedness) or too late (farsightedness). They can also involve distortions in your sight, like with astigmatism.Corneal disorders. These are conditions that affect the cornea itself. They can happen for many reasons, ranging from congenital conditions (which you have at birth) to conditions that don’t develop until later in life.Retinal disorders. These conditions can happen because of problems that affect the retina di...