[The eye and pregnancy]

The principal effects of pregnancy on the eye are reviewed, these effects being subdivided into three main sections: paraphysiological changes, pathological conditions developing in pregnancy and related to it, pre-existing pathological conditions that are to some extent altered by pregnancy. On the basis of the data supplied, a continuous, increasingly assiduous clinico-experimental give-and-take between oculist and gynaecologist is recommended to prevent possible eye complications.