Intracranial mass is a broad term for a lesion in the brain, specifically in the intracranial space. Intracranial masses can be defined as neoplasms, whether benign or malignant, primary or secondary, as well as inflammatory or parasitic masses located in the cranial cavity. Patients with an intracranial mass often complain of visual disturbances as an initial symptom affecting 22% of the patie…
Background: Primary open-angle glaucoma is a progressive optic neuropathy with loss of retinal ganglion cells and visual field disturbances caused by increased intraocular pressure and at the gonioscopy examination showed a chamber of the eye open Methods: The type of research used was observational-descriptive. By looking at medical record data of primary open-angle glaucoma patients at the ey…
Background: The use of soft contact lenses can cause various complaints. One of the most common complaints is dry eyes. There is a study which states that there is a relationship between the length of use of soft contact lenses and the incidence of dry eye syndrome. However, there are also studies which state that there is no relationship. Method: This type of research is an analytic observatio…
Background: Many myopic patients complain about poor vision despite having normal visual acuity. Visual acuity measure the eye’s ability to see fine details, but not low contrast object whioh is reflected through contrast sensitivity testing. This study was conducted to measure contrast sensitivity in myopia. Method: This was an observational descriptive study with case series approach. Popul…
Strabismus adalah suatu abnormalitas mata, dimana terdapat ketidaksejajaran pada okular yang bisa disebabkan oleh abnormalitas pada penglihatan binokular atau anomali dari neuromuskular. Esotropia adalah kecenderungan salah satu atau kedua mata menyimpang ke arah dalam (aduksi). Esotropia akomodatif berhubungan dengan aktifasi refleks akomodasi, sedangkan pada esotropia non-akomodatif tidak ber…
Myopia is a disorder in visual activity that the unaccomodation refraction of light rays falls in front of the retina causing the patiens to be unable too see distant objects clearly. Myopia is one of the refraction disorders with the highest prevalence in the world. Objective: The goal of this study is to describe risk factors of myopia on junior high school students in Palembang. The studied …
Background: Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) is a group of eye- and vision-related problems that related to near work, experienced during computer use. One group that potentially experienced CVS was student. Associate’s degree students in Computer Science Faculty of Universitas Sriwijaya have courses or practicums that require the use of computer that cause longer duration of computer use which…
Background: Contact lenses are ocular prosthetic devices that are wore by > 150 million people worldwide. Contact lenses are wore to correct refractive errors, provide a better appearance, and reduce activity limitation. CDC reports the number of contact lens wearers in the United States in 2015, there were 41 million contact lens wearers aged ≥ 18 years. About 34.6% of contact lens wearers i…