{"id":4645,"date":"2025-02-20T10:20:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T07:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opdrebruacar.com\/?page_id=4645"},"modified":"2025-02-20T10:20:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T07:20:25","slug":"eyebroad-growth-pterygium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/opdrebruacar.com\/en\/eyebroad-growth-pterygium\/","title":{"rendered":"EYEBROAD GROWTH (PTERYGIUM)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4><strong>What does pterygium mean?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p id=\"u9051-4\">Pterygium, which means \u201clittle wing\u201d in Greek, is known among the public as \u201ceye growth\u201d, \u201ceye mole\u201d or \u201ceye bird wing\u201d. This disease occurs when the veins and connective tissue of the membrane layer (conjunctiva) on the white part of the eye grow abnormally and spread over the transparent cornea layer. The first form, which appears as a small yellow-white hill, is called \u201cpinguecula\u201d. This tissue, which usually begins to form in the white part of the eye close to the nose and in the eyelid space, is observed to progress towards the pupil over time.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4130&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4><strong>What causes pterygium?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p id=\"u9051-9\">Pterygium is often seen in those exposed to ultraviolet rays of the sun and dusty and dry environments outdoors. Many patients have a familial predisposition. Pterygium is also frequently seen in those with chronic eyelash inflammation &#8211; blepharitis and dry eyes.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Is it contagious?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p id=\"u9051-14\">Pterygium can be seen in both eyes, but it is not a contagious disease.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text] What does pterygium mean? Pterygium, which means \u201clittle wing\u201d in Greek, is known among the public as \u201ceye growth\u201d, \u201ceye mole\u201d or \u201ceye bird wing\u201d. This disease occurs when the veins and connective tissue of the membrane layer (conjunctiva) on the white part of the eye grow abnormally and spread over the transparent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opdrebruacar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4645\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opdrebruacar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opdrebruacar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opdrebruacar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opdrebruacar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=4645"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/opdrebruacar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4645\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4650,"href":"https:\/\/opdrebruacar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4645\/revisions\/4650\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opdrebruacar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=4645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}