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    Nina Calderon Professor Kenneth Jolicoeur English 120 1 December 2016 Shepherd to the Lost Religion. Christianity. A belief system of what an individual that dedicates their life to be a believer of a higher power. Religion is consistently confronted through unexplainable circumstances just as in the books Tartuffe and Blindness.Tartuffe, one who is portrayed to be as a disciple catches the attention of lost souls seeking for salvation even though his words may…

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    Exercise Vs Glaucoma

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    chance of damaging their vision. One example of eye damage is called glaucoma. Glaucoma is a disease which blinds people and usually starts occurring at the age of 40. So far there aren’t any cures for this, but there is treatment that can slow down the process of one becoming blind. Certain types of lifestyles that can affect eye pressure, which is a factor towards the disease. The connection between exercise and glaucoma were through the National health and examination surveys. Through…

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    Classification of glaucoma: Classification of glaucoma is categorized into different types. The main two types are open-angle and angle-closure which are marked by an increase of intraocular pressure (IOP), or pressure inside the eye. Open-Angle Glaucoma: “Open-angle” means that the angle where the iris meets the cornea is as wide and open as it should be. Open-angle glaucoma can be called as primary or chronic glaucoma. It is the most common type of glaucoma. Angle-Closure Glaucoma: It comes…

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    What To Know About Treating Your Glaucoma If you've just been diagnosed with glaucoma, your doctor probably has you on medication since eye drops are often the first line of treatment in the early stages. One important thing to know about your treatment is that it's very important to comply with your doctor's instructions for taking the medication. Glaucoma often has no noticeable symptoms, but that doesn't mean it isn't damaging your eyes. It causes gradual loss of vision, so you want to take…

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    Glaucoma Lab Report

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    Test–Retest Variability of Fundus-Tracked Perimetry in Open Angle Glaucoma Introduction: The large degree of test–retest variability with static automated perimetry (SAP) has been recognized to disease-related changes in the response characteristics of the retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). While an earlier study suggested that fixation errors had a minimal influence on the degree of variability and other studies have suggested that the interaction between fixation shifts and the spatial variation…

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    Glaucoma Case Summary

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    HPI: 21 year old female with past medical history of glaucoma presents to the ED today for an allergic reaction. Patient has a rash all over her body and states the rash started 3 hours ago. She states she started Amoxicillin a week ago due to acute otitis media infection. She was given a course of Amoxicillin for 7 days, with today being her last day. She was at her PCP’s office later today and received a cortisone injection with Benadryl 30 mins prior to arrival and states she has a burning…

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    Angela is a 60-year-old single woman who has a condition named Glaucoma. According to the National Eye Institute Glaucoma is defined “as a group of eye disorders that lead to progressive damage to the optic nerve. People with glaucoma can lose nerve tissue, resulting in vision loss”. Angela encountered this condition a few years ago and she has been receiving constant treatments from her optometrist. Her optometrist recommended some medications to help relieve the pain and prescribed sun glasses…

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    2050 Glaucoma Case Study

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    By 2050 there are going to be hearing and visions impairment. older adult populations in the US is projected to double as compared to its estimated in size in 2012 . And the cases of glaucoma cases increased by the year 2032, the number is projected to increase nearly 50 percent to 4.3 million and by more than 90 percent to 5.5 million by 2050s. There are 3.28 and 3.65 million hearing aids were in the Us. The five statistics relating to visions and hearing impairment population are found to…

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    Glaucoma - The Silent Thief of Sight To understand well the subject, we must first appreciate how the eyes enables us to see, and the major role of the optic nerve plays in this process. Let us compare our eyes with a camera. When taking pictures, as we click on the shutter, the lens of the camera let the lights go inside then focuses the light on the film and when the light hits the film, an image was created. This idea is same with a normal eye. When light rays enter the eye through the pupil…

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    Ocular Response Analyzer

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    Response Analyzer is used to diagnose and manage glaucoma LISLE, IL, Dec. 27th, 2015 – Worldwide, glaucoma ranks as the second leading cause of irreversible blindness; even with the various well-known risk factors, diagnosing an individual with glaucoma can be challenging. For this reason, Choice Eye Care has acquired the innovative Ocular Response Analyzer (ORA) to diagnose and manage glaucoma. Predicting the progression of a patient’s glaucoma is yet another challenge that clinicians must…

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