In My Eyes

Have you ever dealt with dry, itchy eyes? They may sting, or feel gritty or overly sensitive. This is a common condition that affects as many as one in three people. Also known as keratitis sicca or xerophthalmia, dry eyes can result when tear fluid is produced too slowly or evaporates too quickly. While it’s common to ease discomfort in the obvious way — by adding more fluid to the eyes in the form of eye drops — it’s important to investigate what’s behind this seemingly simple, yet…

understanding of my past life experiences through the information that I have learned in this course. I have chosen to focus on multiple meaningful experiences in my life. Some experiences from my past may not appear to be bright and sunny; however my ophthalmologist assured me that all of my rods and cones were in good working order. “Ha-ha” Everything that I have gone through has made me the consciously aware woman that I am today. I’m still a work in progress. I do my best to find logic in…

everyone and every eye. This essay will reflect on many of my own thoughts and questions that pertain to this chapter. To begin with I find it interesting that ciliary muscles in and around our eye help to determine our depth. Other cues that exist determine our depth is the monocular and binocular cues. I find these two cues difficult to understand. What exactly is a monocular cue? What exactly is the binocular cue? I understand that one deals with one eye and the other deals with two eyes,…

His normally bright and vibrant scales were dull in the dying light of the evening, and it hurt too raise his head much higher than his hunched shoulders. It was worth it though, to see the revulsion in the Ruki’s face. His left eye was uncovered, leaving the milky white eye staring out at the crowd who had come to watch his death. Gathering all his strength he spit a wad of thick green mucus at the feet of his guards. His muzzle was forced against the hard rocky dirt as one of his guards hit…

perception of true beauty. Alice wrote about her journey of self-hatred and her eventual self-love. She wrote in chronicle order of her life beginning at the age of two. She recalled, “Whirling happily in my starchy frock, showing off my biscuit-polished…

Sugar Eye Told You So Eyeliner 01 Black Swan Review, Swatch, and Price Hello sunshines, Today I would be reviewing about Sugar cosmetics Eye Told You So eyeliner. I love beautifying my eyes with a good kohl pencil or eyeliner, they make my eyes powerful and beautiful. As I am always in a rush I like a hassle free eyeliner that is easy and quick to apply. With so many stunning products in the market, I got my hands on the famous Sugar cosmetics brand which has hit the Indian market quite well. I…

I leap away from cold, fierce eyes set in a stony face. But for the blood drawing down dour lips, its’ chiseled features are indifferent to the hot rage in its’ eyes. I recoil, but my back slams hard against the dank crypt wall. I would rip my terrified stare from the creature, if I could and I know not to turn my back to the beast. I don’t have to look to know that my friend lies dead at the feet of the immortal. The monster had tossed Chris’s limp body aside, as if he were a slurped…

diagnosed with severe amblyopia due to the drastic eyesight difference between my right-nearsighted and left-farsighted eye since birth. The doctor explained to my parents that my brain systematically ignored all images from the right eye which led to the corresponding brain area underdeveloped. His prognosis had a slight chance of visual restoration if I were to exercise my right eye persistently and adamantly to retain brain-eye connection. Not only that, underdeveloped brain eventually…

Retinoblastoma is highly sensitive to radiation. External beam radiotherapy is used for cancers that are in both eyes, or extend in to the bones of the eye, or when an eye contains a tumor larger than 16mm. It is also used when the tumor is near the fovea, multiple tumors are present, or it can be used to treat the eye socket after the eye has been removed. Plaque radiotherapy is for cancers that are in one eye, or concentrated, which creates less collateral damage usually seen in external beam…

Researchers have shown that people who exercise would have a less 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…