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Photophobia is a medical symptom of abnormal intolerance to visual perception of light. [1] As a medical symptom, photophobia is not a morbid fear or phobia, but an experience of discomfort or pain to the eyes due to light exposure or by presence of actual physical sensitivity of the eyes, [2] though the term is sometimes additionally applied to abnormal or irrational fear of light, such as ...
Ichthyosis follicularis, alopecia, and photophobia (IFAP) syndrome is an extremely rare genetic syndrome caused by mutations in the MBTPS2 gene. [ 2 ] : 564 It is extremely rare: there were only 40 known cases (all male) until 2011.
In biology, photophobia (adjective: photophobic) is negative response to light.. Photophobia is a behavior demonstrated by insects or other animals which seek to stay out of the light.
The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (from Greek φόβος phobos, "fear") occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, abnormal, unwarranted, persistent, or disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.g. hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g ...
Slovak directors Ivan Ostrochovsky and Pavol Pekarčík’s Ukraine war drama “Photophobia,” which won the Europa Cinemas Label Award after its Venice Days premiere and is Slovakia’s entry ...
Intensity of light (photophobia, sunburn, skin cancer) [1] [2] [3] Wavelength of light (in lupus, urticaria) Rapid flickers in intensity of light may trigger or aggravate photosensitive epilepsy, epileptic seizure, or migraine headaches. [4] Conditions that may include sensitivity to light include vertigo and chronic fatigue syndrome.
Photophobia is a 2023 docudrama film written and directed by Ivan Ostrochovský [], and Pavol Pekarčík.It premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival in the Giornate degli Autori sidebar, in which it won the Europa Cinemas Label Award.
Photophobia; Irregular pupil; Signs of anterior uveitis include dilated ciliary vessels, presence of cells and flare in the anterior chamber, and keratic precipitates ("KP") on the posterior surface of the cornea. In severe inflammation there may be evidence of a hypopyon. Old episodes of uveitis are identified by pigment deposits on lens, KPs ...