Translation of "Xerophthalmia" in German

Not only does it cause xerophthalmia the leading cause of childhood blindness in developing countries but it also has broader consequences in terms of child morbidity and mortality by leading to greater susceptibility to various diseases such as respiratory infections, diarrhoea and measles.

Other signs show, and in the later stages dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea (xerophthalmia) develops, which can lead to permanent eye damage.

At present rickets, a deforming bone disease, the results from too little vitamin D in the diet or lack of sunlight, as well as xerophthalmia, lack of vitamin A, are treatable diseases that had disappeared in the developed world.

This is an oil-in-water emulsion especially for patients with eye dry conditions (xerophthalmia) to help them improve the stability of the tear coating and minimise its evaporation.

Celsus, the most famous Roman author on medicine, sometimes called "the Latin Hippocrates", is credited as the source of the first description of a dry inflammation of the eyes called by the Greeks Xerophthalmia.

Sense organs - perhaps the sensation of ringing in the ears, the manifestation of diplopia, xerophthalmia, impaired perception of smell and taste, it is not possible to examine objects at different distances.

The major causes of blindness are cataract responsible for 50 % of global blindness trachoma, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, childhood blindness, onchocerciasis, xerophthalmia, trauma and uncorrected refractive errors and low vision.

The diagnosis of insufficiency of vitamin A - and vitamin D - with Xerophthalmia, Hemeralopia and Nyctalopia, is quite consistent with the description of his illness by Karl May: "That I shortly after my birth became seriously ill, lost eyesight and was for full four years in bad health, was not the consequence of heredity, but of purely local conditions, the poverty, foolishness and the ruinous medicinal quackery to which I fell victim. As soon as I came into the hands of competent physicians, the eyesight returned to me and I became an extremely strong and resilient youngster."[18]

Albrecht von Graefe is involved in first observations towards the discovery of Vitamin A deficiency disorders of our days. Celsus, the most famous Roman author on medicine, sometimes called “the Latin Hippocrates”, is credited as the source of the first description of a dry inflammation of the eyes called by the Greeks Xerophthalmia. Knowledge of the efficacy of liver for the treatment of night blindness persisted through medieval times in Europe. However, no association was made between xerosis of the eyes and night blindness at that time.