Glaucoma

There have been some animal studies for epilepsy patients that has proposed that THC and its psychoactive chemicals in cannabis help with seizures. Glaucoma patients have found that smoking marijuana helps with the pressure inside the eyes. HIV/AIDs patients have shown weight gain twice as much as those that were given a placebo. Cannabis has also helped MS patients by decreasing muscle stiffness and…

Challenge Morality? “When he woke in the woods in the dark and the cold of the night he’d reach out to touch the child sleeping beside him. Nights dark beyond darkness and the days more gray each one than what had gone before. Like the onset of some cold glaucoma dimming away the world.” (3) Cormac McCarthy greets the reader with opening lines, stern, humorless, and a tone that sets the tone for the entire story. A nameless man and his son are the main characters in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road.…

with these three conditions: cancer, seizures, and muscle spasms. This amendment seeks to give more people access to the drug based on less specific conditions. In fact a "debilitating medical condition” is defined as cancer, multiple sclerosis, glaucoma, hepatitis C, HIV, AIDS, ALS, Crohn's disease, Parkinson's disease or “any other conditions for which a physician believes that the medical use of marijuana is appropriate.” Thats where the danger is, the amendment is not specific enough to…

There has been much debate on whether or not cannabis actually has any significant value in the medical field. However, there is no arguing that cannabis has been used for centuries to assist in the treatment of a variety of medical conditions. After the plant was banned from public consumption there was little room left to conduct medical studies in order to evaluate the effects of the drug on the brain and body. Some argue that the laws should be loosened in order to allow medicinal studies to…

treatment for patients who are experiencing a macular disorder/ disease. I believe that Optometrists will be monitoring patients who have AMD, once the treatment has been finished. I also see that Optometrists may also become more involved within Glaucoma Clinic’s. The…

Medical Marijuana I am for Medical Marijuana simply because it could be a good and positive thing, if used responsibly and safely. It could save a person's life and also treat people in certain conditions . It also helps with weight loss caused from cancers or AIDS by increasing appetite. I think that if the patient is fully educated on the symptoms of marijuana they should be able to have a say so on if they want to take. I mean at the end of the day , it is their lives and their health.…

Introduction Also known as the second cranial nerve, or CN II, the optic nerve is the second of twelve cranial nerves. Although located at the back of the eye, the optic nerve is considered a part of the central nervous system due to its role in visual integration and function. The optic nerve transfers visual information from the retina to the vision centers of the brain via electrical impulses. Made of about 1.7 million retinal ganglion cell axons, or nerve cells, the optic nerve encompasses…

The main measures for interview is established by good rapport, respect patient privacy, recognize face value, move to the patient's field of vision, SOLER as a reminder to sit directly, have an open posture, lean forward, make eye contact and relax, ask open-ended questions, one thing at a time, listen, culture matters, and avoid the medical terminology. This writer sets into view to interview an African-American gentleman with a two years history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)…

Marfan syndrome was named after the founder, Antoine Marfan in 1896, the syndrome is a genetic disorder of connective tissue. Individuals who are diagnosed with Marfan syndrome typically have lengthened limbs; they are tall and thin with long arms and legs. This disease can either be mildly or severely life threatening, depending on the individual. Marfan Syndrome is caused by a defect, or mutation, in the gene that determines the structure of fibrillin-1, a protein that is an important…

difficult to regain. Due to this syndrome, the person may easily get full or have no appetite at all; this THC medication is designed to increase appetite to help counteract this disease. Among these examples medical marijuana is also used to treat; glaucoma, epileptic seizures, Dravet’s Syndrome, stop cancer from spreading, decrease anxiety, slow progression of Alzheimer’s disease, pain control and muscle spasms, inflammatory bowel disease, relieves pain from arthritis, PTSD and the list goes…