06 Oct 2006
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 ...
08 Dec 2006
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 ...
27 Jan 2006
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. ...
28 Apr 2006
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 ...
20 Jan 2006
The case - A 30-year-old woman presented with sore eyelids and dry eyes. She also had a chalazion.... It affects the meibomian glands. The secretions from the glands keep the eye moist. Dysfunction and inflammation cause dryness, burning and irritation of the eye. Advice on lid hygiene was given and preservative-free drops for dry eyes were prescribed. The rosacea was treated with oral antibiotics ...
04 Aug 2006
| by Dr Gwen Lewis, a GP in Windsor, Berkshire
the appearance of her left eye. She had recently noticed the onset of a fleshy growth over the medial aspect of the eye. It was not painful but she was becoming concerned because she was able to see it in her visual field. She was otherwise well and had no history of any eye disease. She wore glasses for reading only ...
20 Jan 2006
swab to clean the area, and remove the clamp. The eye should be covered with a patch until sensation ...
10 Nov 2006
ptosis with normal eye movements. His left pupil was noticed to be smaller than on the right. What ...
of the lesion, adhydrosis. Acquired Horner s syndrome occurs when the sympathetic nerve supply to the eye ...
medical cause). Eye facing down and out in complete third nerve palsy. Sudden onset of double vision ...
20 Oct 2006
an eye on volunteers so they do not take on board patients worries. Make sure a GP is available ...
24 Feb 2006
, keep eye contact and have a firm handshake. Observe the actions of self-confident people and fake ...