Keratoconjunctivitis sicca Essays

Healthy eyes need moisture and lubrication. Normally, your eyes produce enough tears to keep things running smoothly. Unfortunately, for some people, dry eyes are the norm instead of the exception. Chronic dry eyes can be extremely irritating and painful. If you are suffering with dry eyes, how can you treat it? Three Treatments for Dry Eyes Now, the first thing that pops into most consumers' head is the over-the-counter eye drops they can pick up at the local pharmacy. Those are okay for the

Elaine Yanyi Cen COM1010- Informative Speech outline EMEB, MW 2:30 PM -3:45 PM Dry eye or Tear dysfunction syndrome Introduction I. Many times patients may have itchy eyelids from a dry eye condition. So what do they do? They think they must have allergy condition. They go to local pharmacy and they grab over the counter, a tear drop that treats allergy. The problems is entire allergy eye drops are very dry to the eyes. It can actually make thing worse. So, it’s very important to see an ophthalmology

INTRODUCTION Keratoconjunctivitis sicca commonly known as dry eye disease is defined as a multifactor disease that affect the tears and surface of the eye which yields to discomfort, disturbances in vision and unstable tear film that causes tremendous damage to the surface of the eye, followed by increment in the osmolarity of the tear film and inflammation on the ocular structures involved [1]. Physiologically the tear film is made up of a lipid, aqueous and mucin layer. The lipid layer is produced

Shih Tzu Canadian Kennel Club Classification The Shih-Tzu is classified by the Canadian Kennel Club as being a non-sporting dog. Origin Most people credit China as the origins of the Shih-Tzu, but the ancestry is believed to actually be from Tibet. The Shih-Tzu is a cross between a Tibetan temple dog (similar to a Lhasa Apso) and a Pekingese. The frequent interactions between Tibetan and Chinese rulers led to many of these dogs in China given as gifts, therefore, the large number located in China

There were numerous reasons why a prescription was inadequate (Table 2), the most common being the wrong / lack of which eye the prescription was for followed by the wrong / lack of frequency specified. At the end of the clerking proforma, the doctor completing the admission clerking for the patient is requested to document their designation and grade. We found that majority of the doctors did not complete this section; therefore to compare the prescribing quality of different grades of doctors we

AFFENPINSCHER ORIGIN AND HISTORY The Affenpinscher, also known as the Monkey Pinscher or Monkey Terrier, appeared in Europe as early as the 17th century AD.2 This sturdy little terrier provided the genetic foundation for some of the more common small breeds such as the Brussels Griffon.’ The exact date and circumstances of its arrival in North America are not known; however, the breed was well established by the early American Kennel Club DO NOT USE PHOTO 1900s. Affenpinschers were admitted

GDSC1027 Diseases and Medicine Term Paper Wong Ka Ho 13205919 Topic: Sjögren's syndrome Introduction: Sjögren's syndrome,which was discovered by an ophthalmologist Henrik Samuel Conrad Sjögren,is an autoimmune disorder.It is also a persistent disease that will have long term effects on the patients and it cannot be cured in a short period of time but fortunately it is non-transmissible.The major group of people having this disease is the 40-60 age and 90% of them are women because of their relatively

Mucin layer lowers tear's surface tension and forms loose adsorptive coating rendering the corneal and conjunctival surfaces wettable (1). Each layer of tear film can be affected by different diseases, each causing clinically dry eye or keratoconjunctivitis sicca

ABSTRACT Objective: Nervous system dysfunction is a common and important complication in Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) and may be the cause of significant morbidity. A wide variety of peripheral (PNS) and central nervous system (CNS) complications are among the severe complications of pSS. Autonomic system involvements are also reported in pSS. In the present study we aimed to show the possible autonomic involvement in patients with pSS. Materials and Methods: Peripheral nerve electrophysiological

Efficacy of topical cyclosporine 0.05% eye drops in the treatment of dry eyes Haitham Y. Al-Nashar J Egypt Ophthalmol Soc 108:233?236 Purpose: The aim of the present study was to detect the effectiveness of cyclosporine 0.05% eyedrops for treatment of patients with dry-eye disease. Patients and methods: A total of 35 eyes of 20 dry-eye patients were included in the present study. Ten patients (20 eyes) had dry eyes associated with systemic rheumatologic disease (Sj?gren?s syndrome), five patients

AUSTRALIAN TERRIER ORIGIN AND HISTORY The Australian terrier appeared in 1868 as a hunter in the bushland. The breed traces its origin to several terriers, including the Cairn, Dandie Dinmont and Skye. It is the first Australian breed to be recognized and shown in its native land and recognized internationally. It was recognized by the AKC in 1960. DESCRIPTION Australian Terriers (Aussies) are unusually responsive, and some are also quite sensitive. They perform better than most terriers