21 Mar 2008
A new book helps women become more aware of a cancer that is still not fully in the public eye.
25 Jan 2008
| by Dr Jean Watkins, a sessional GP in Hampshire
with contact lens. Eye feels gritty (allergic conjunctivitis is itchy). Watering of the eye - discharge may ...
chloramphenicol or gentamicin eye drops. Azithromycin twice daily for three days may be helpful. Gonococcal ...
) Presentation Painful red eye - usually unilateral. Photophobia and watering of the eye - not mucopurulent ...
12 Sep 2008
Orbital cellulitis causes eye movement to be restricted and painful Discriminatory ...
in colour. Systemically unwell. Eye movements restricted and painful. Swollen lid impairs vision and prevents eye from opening. Bulging eyes. Management Refer patient for IV antibiotics ...
17 Oct 2008
About 2 per cent of children in the UK have a squint and 5 per cent have a lazy or amblyopic eye ...
but the observation that the child objects to covering of one eye more than the other suggests amblyopia. Intermittently crossed eyes in very young babies are common and usually straighten, but any baby who still has a ...
26 Sep 2008
ciclosporin for the treatment of dry eye disease - Arch Ophthalmol 2008; 126: 1,046-50 I was not aware ...
severe eye dryness that was not responding to conventional treatment. In this prospective clinical ...
of disease showed a significant response. Eye contact and autism in two-year-olds - Arch Gen Psychiatry ...
13 Jun 2008
Mrs M was 70 years old and in good health. For two years she had been troubled by this cyst below her right eye. Her GP drained it twice but each time it returned, only to increase in size ...
common. They occur in adult life, equally in men and women. The eyes are most often affected. Possible ...
09 Jul 2008
of the eye in severe iritis Diagnosis Iritis is one of three main intraocular causes of acute red eye (the other two being acute glaucoma and scleritis). All three are distinguished from external red eye by the symptom triad of reduced vision, pain and photophobia. In iritis, vision loss ...
06 Feb 2008
in the eye. Risk factors Glaucoma is commonly the result of an obstruction to the drainage of aqueous fluid from the eye. This produces raised intraocular pressure (IOP), causing damage to the optical nerve ...
treatment and surgery are all options for lowering IOP, but eye drops are considered the safest primary ...
30 May 2008
Vomiting Headache Fever Increased bowel sounds Haematemesis Weight loss Dental erosion Severe eye pain However, knowing a few key things to look out for can help distinguish between a self-limiting viral infection and a more serious condition. Sudden acute vomiting is often a response to infection ...
03 Oct 2008
Benign intracranial hypertension Malignancy Subarachnoid haemorrhage Sinusitis Eye strain ...