Goldfish eye

Introduction The eyeball protrudes outwards and the "goldfish eye" is commonly called "big bubble eye".

Cause

The appearance of swollen eyes and bags of eyes is not only related to sleep, but also closely related to everyone's living habits. Skin experts point out that eating too much alcohol or high-salt foods and drinks before going to bed, as well as tearing and lack of sleep can cause swelling of both eyes, because the excess fluid in the body accumulates under the skin around the eyes.

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The eyeball protrudes outward.

Differential diagnosis

Need to be identified with the following symptoms:

Eye slanting and skewing: ocular fissure skew is one of the clinical symptoms of pediatric eye-ear-spine syndrome.

Eyeball deflection: There are many kinds of strabismus, the most common is the inward deflection of the eyeball, medically known as esotropia, commonly known as "to the eye", "cross-eyed". The eyeball is deflected outward, called exotropia, commonly known as "oblique white eye." Of course, strabismus does not only refer to the situation in which the relative positions of the two eyes are obviously deformed, but also includes the case where the inclination is small, the surface is not easy to be perceived, and the binocular vision is not normal, and the cases where there is no oblique position at all but the eyes are abnormal. . Therefore, the concept of strabismus should be understood as the abnormal position of both eyes and the abnormality of both eyes.

Exophthalmia: About half of the patients have different degrees of eyeball protrusion, mostly symmetry and unilateral patients often have a frightened expression, widened eyelids, straight eyes, fewer blinks, and constitute thyroid hyperthyroidism. Sick face.

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