Eye conditions

Our information on individual eye conditions is medically checked and is designed to be as useful as possible. We have grouped them below, in alphabetical order, into three groups: names beginning with A to C, D to N and O to Z to make them easier to find quickly.

If you can’t find the eye condition you are enquiring about, please contact the RNIB Eye Health Information team on [email protected] or 0303 123 9999. 

A - C

• Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
• Aniridia
• Anti-VEGF treatment (for wet AMD, diabetic maculopathy or macular oedema caused by retinal vein occlusion)
• Best disease
• Cataracts
• Cataracts – posterior capsule opacification (laser treatment following cataract surgery)
• Central serous retinopathy
• Charles Bonnet syndrome
• Coats disease
• Coloboma
• Congenital cataracts
• Corneal dystrophies
• Corneal transplant

D - N

• Diabetes-related eye conditions
• Dry eye
• Epiretinal membrane
• Fuchs dystrophy
• Giant cell or temporal arteritis
• Glaucoma
• Keratoconus
• Light sensitivity (photophobia)
• Macular hole
• Myopia and pathological myopia
• Nystagmus

O - Z

• Optic neuritis
• Posterior lens capsule opacification
• Posterior vitreous detachment (PVD)
• Retinal detachment
• Retinal vessel occlusion
• Retinitis pigmentosa
• Retinopathy of prematurity
• Squint in childhood (strabismus)
• Stargardt disease
• Stroke-related eye conditions
• Thyroid eye disease
• Uveitis

Rare eye conditions

Unfortunately, we are not able to produce detailed medical information on the some of the rarer eye conditions, so we have created a list of charities and support groups who offer specialised advice on our rare eye conditions page.

• Albinism
• Alstrom syndrome
• Behcets syndrome
• Birdshot uveitis
• Dystonia
• Ehlers-Danos syndrome
• Enucleation
• Friedreich’s ataxia
• Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl syndrome
• Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON)
• Marfan syndrome
• Micro and anophthalmia
• Neurofibromatosis
• Ocular melanoma
• Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
• Punctate inner choroidopathy
• Retinoblastoma
• Sarcoidosis
• Stickler syndrome
• Toxoplasmosis of the eye

Further information

If you haven't found the eye condition information you're looking for, please contact our Eye Health Information service. Our further information on eye conditions page might also be of interest.