Glaucoma

The magic of vision is incredible. Through the small window we are able to see the whole world. Eye is one of the five senses what human possess and majority would agree that it is perhaps the most important one. Many of us would be intrigued by the composition of the eye and even more by his interconnection with brain. How the eye actually works, his structure and the function will help us in better understanding how visual light is converted into our perception. The challenge of the image…

Blurry Vision During Pregnancy Many expectant mothers are aware of the sometimes drastic changes they can expect during pregnancy, and sometimes they wonder if what they are feeling is normal or not. One of the issues pregnant women face is blurry vision, and it can be alarming. Although vision changes are quite common before, during, and after pregnancy has come to term, you’ll want to become aware of some of the reasons behind blurry vision during pregnancy and the treatments that are…

Fungal Keratitis Overview Keratitis is a generalized term used for the ‘Inflammation of Cornea'. Fungal Infection cause the inflammation of cornea for example Fusarium (one type of fungi) when causes Keratitis it is called 'Fusarium Keratitis'. Keratitis may be Superficial or deep, superficial Keratitis affects the superficial layers of cornea and after treatment leaves no scar while the deep Fungal Keratitis may or may not leave a scar after healing which may or may not affect vision of the…

Most of us grew up hearing commercials stating, this is your brain, this is your brain on drugs. The commercial used an egg frying in a pan as the metaphor of drugs frying our brains. Does that hold true with marijuana? A great debate today is whether or not medical marijuana should be legalized. The controversy surrounding the legalization of marijuana debates the drug effectiveness vs. safety and regulation. My belief is that marijuana can have many positive effects on a disease process where…

The main substance that is in weed (a short term word used for marijuana) would be THC. THC stands for delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol. When the drug is smoked the THC passes through the bloodstream, through all the organs in the body, and takes it to the brain. As it enters the brain the THC attaches to the cells and there are receptors in your brain that are called cannabinoid receptors and they are activated by chemicals that occur naturally in the human body. I am going to be writing about…

Since before I was born, my mother has had glaucoma and uveitis in both of her eyes. Glaucoma causes increased eye pressure while uveitis causes inflammation and eventually lead to vision decline. Although she had this serious condition, I was never affected because she never acted like she had a disability. Her insistence of everyday tasks were her ways of assuring herself that there were still aspects in her life that she could control since she was in a situation that she could not change.…

lead to several psychological or physical independence” (Dudley 70). Dudley also argue that the use of marijuana effectiveness in treating physical maladies has been overblown, he give an example:” for the symptom of glaucoma, the proponent that claim pot smoking lower the eye of glaucoma patient is partially true, because of small pressure drop does occur in patient when using marijuana…

Thesis Statement: Medical marijuana has many medical benefits warranting its legalization, which include eliminating visual haloes produced by glaucoma, controlling intraocular pressure, cough suppression, as well as the treatment of asthma, depression, pain, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, peripheral neuropathy and muscle spasticity in conditions such as multiple sclerosis. AIDS, and cancer. I. Background Information- Cannabis sativa, or marijuana as we have come know, has been around for five…

Preventing Adverse Effects Decision-making support tools built into web-based EHR systems help prevent adverse events associated with drug allergies and negative drug interactions caused by food or other medications. Expeditious access to drug contraindications, patient history and pharmaceutical information enables providers to make faster decisions when prescribing or administering medication at the point of care. From a broader perspective, pertinent information recorded in a patient EHR can…

Legalization of Marijuana If addictive substances like cigarettes and alcohol are legal, why not an herb like marijuana? Did you know the dependence rate (higher the number indicates less dependence) for nicotine is 1, for alcohol it is 4 while for marijuana it is 6? A simple cup of coffee has a dependence rate of 5 which is more addictive than marijuana (Hilts). There are so many aspects to think about when the idea of legalizing marijuana comes into question. Conversations could go on and on…