Keep close eye on placenta praevia
17 Feb 2006
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WEBSITE Eye Simulator/Virtual Patient Simulator Hours of educational fun are provided by a website produced by the University of California Davis School of Medicine, which includes an online eye movement simulator. The application provides an eye motion and pupil response simulator, animations ...
A 35-year-old foreman presented with a painful right eye. He admitted the eye was sensitive...He always wore goggles at work to protect his eyes from dust and took regular painkillers for back pain. On examination he was in some discomfort. His right pupil was midsized and irregular in shape. The eye was obviously red and the acuity was reduced. There was no evidence of conjunctivitis ...
Lymphoma of the eye can be cured by the antibiotic doxycycline, an Italian study has found. Researchers treated 27 patients who had ocular adnexal lymphoma, which affects the eyelids and surrounding tissues, with a three-week course of doxycycline therapy. This type of lymphoma is associated ...
Anaesthetic eye drops may be used. If so, protect the eye with a pad for four hours. The foreign body is often visible. If none is seen, use fluorescein drops to stain the cornea to check ... is stuck firmly an eye spud can be used, but care is needed not to damage surrounding tissues. ...
NICE now takes a more positive view of laser eye surgery, says Mr Stephen Tuft....of LASIK surgery. Refractive error Refractive error of the eye occurs when light from an image cannot be brought naturally to a focus on the retina. If the image is in front of the retina the eye is myopic (short-sighted) and if the image is focused beyond the retina the eye is hyperopic (long ...
Academic Primary Care 2006 - OTC eye drops, arthritis, diabetes and statin use....The shift of chloramphenicol eye drops to OTC is likely to increase their use for acute infective ... that chloramphenicol eye drops were no more effective than placebo. That research was published in the same month as the announcement that chloramphenicol eye drops could be sold OTC. Oxfordshire GP and lead researcher Dr Peter ...
THE CASE A 26-years old woman presents with sore, red eyes and yellowish discharge. She ... that she cleans them properly and regularly. Both eyes are equally affected. She has no history of asthma ... conjunctivitis. The infection usually spreads from one eye to the other. Staph aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae ...
GPs should keep a close eye on their Parkinson's disease patients and not be afraid to refer
Looking after the England learning disability football team was an eye-opener, writes Dr Edward..., and wounds covered. The football itself was an eye-opener. The England team was amazing. The quality ...
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