Oculotodigital syndrome

Oculo-Dental-Finger Syndrome (Eye/Tooth/Finger Syndrome) is a condition where a patient has a combination of three diseases. Most often, diseases occur in parallel. In some cases they may be related. But the diagnosis of the syndrome is made when the influence of the “single enemy” extends to three important organs: the eye, tooth and finger. This diagnosis is also called Krahler syndrome. The term has several synonyms:

- Finger disorders - Dentoocular syndrome - Dissociative disease.

Oculodental finger syndrome was first identified in Japan at the beginning of the 20th century. A surge in cases occurred in the 1950s in the United States. They chose the name of the syndrome in honor of their compatriot, who became one of the most famous patients suffering from this disorder.

From the point of view of modern medicine, Eye/Teeth/Finger Syndrome can occur due to chemical and psychosomatic factors. There is also another opinion that eye-tooth-finger syndrome is not one disease, but a combination of several diseases, which quite rarely are combined in humans all at once. And if you trace the statistics for all cases of different countries and peoples, then the maximum number of diagnosed cases is approximately