Ocular pathologies emerging in pregnancy.

Ocular changes in pregnancy.

Pregnancy is often associated with ocular changes which may be more commonly transient but occasionally, permanent. The ocular effects of pregnancy may be physiological or pathological or may be modifications of pre-existing conditions. Physiological changes include increased pigmentation around the cheeks, ptosis, changes in cornea and refractive status,decreased intraocular pressure. These us...

Emerging Infections in Pregnancy

As strategies to deal with emerging infectious disease threats are developed, a key component is consideration of special populations, including pregnant women. Several issues are relevant to infectious disease threats during pregnancy. First, changes in immunity and physiology during pregnancy may make pregnant women more susceptible to or more severely affected by infectious diseases. Second,...

Acquired ocular toxoplasmosis in pregnancy.

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[Ocular changes during pregnancy].

Pregnancy can cause several alterations in human eye function in healthy condition as well in ocular disease; these effects on the eyes are divided into three categories: physiologic alterations, ocular diseases changes already existing before the pregnancy, and pathological alterations. The present text proposes a bibliographical revision on the theme. The authors researched PubMed (MEDLINE) a...

Implications of ocular pathologies for iris recognition reliability