Eye Condition Diagnosis | Eye Doctors in Elmhurst, IL

Eye Conditions

Actual cases diagnosed and photographed through one of our comprehensive eye examinations

Note: All of these photos are of patients seen at our office. Many of these are an extreme cases and are not meant to alarm you but only to educate you on the amount of information the eye can provide to the trained observer.

Healthy Retina

HYPERTENSIVE (HTN) RETINOPATHY
Chronic blood pressure at 150/90: Lighter vessel at 12:00 pinches off the underlying vessel

SEVERE HTN RETINOPATHY
from Blood pressure 260/160. Patient sent to ER. Patient survived but was days to hours away from a stroke or death.

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY

RETINAL DETACHMENT
RD after one day. Vision saved

RD untreated for 2 weeks
Vision was Lost

MACULAR DEGENERATION early, dry

MACULAR DEGENERATION
advanced, dry

MACULAR DEGENERATION
Wet (Bleeding)

HEALTHY EYE
small cup, healthy eye

GLAUCOMA
Damaged Optic Cup (enlarged)

PAPILLEDEMA
from Brain Tumor

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
White, pale optic nerve

PRE RETINAL HEMMORHAGE
from excessive vomiting

STROKE
From occluded vein

HISTOPLASMOSIS From ingesting bird droppings in childhood

TOXOPLASMOSIS
From eating undercooked meat

STYE
Treated with oral antibiotics and eye drops.

HERPES SIMPLEX
Same virus that causes cold sores

HERPES SIMPLEX
Can also present like this

HERPES ZOSTER (Shingles)
Same virus that causes chicken pox.

NORMAL CLEAR CORNEA
(Round rings)

KERATOCONUS
Warped / Distorted Cornea

CORNEAL ULCER: Scar
Hospitalized to save the eye

NORMAL MACULA

MACULAR HOLE

CATARACT LENS IMPLANT

CORNEAL NEOVASCULARIZATION
from a poor fitting contact lens

PINGUECULA
From wind, sun, and drynees. Precursor to pterigium. No effect on vision

PTERYGIUM
Common in the SW United States. Inflammation from Heat, dryness, wind and sun. Vision can be affected