Bulging eyes are a symptom of thyroid Eye Disease (TED), sometimes called Graves’ ophthalmopathy or Graves’ Eye Disease, is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system causes inflammation and swelling and stimulates the production of muscle tissue and fat behind the eye. Find out more about thyroid eye disease.
Blindspot
In testing the visual field, this is the blind area corresponding to the optic disk where the optic nerve fibers exit the eye and where there are no light-sensitive cells.
Binocular Vision
Coordinated use of the two eyes to see a single fused three-dimensional image.