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    Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy assists in wound healing by stimulating the blood vessels to dissolve more oxygen throughout the body from the increased administration of oxygen pressure. During this process, bacteria decreases, stem cells and growth factors increases, which promotes rapid wound healing. Side Effect Definition/Describe A. Pneumothorax: Pneumothorax is defined as a collapsed lung due to the presence of gas or air…

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    Myopia progression is fastest in children between the ages of six and sixteen. The ever increasing demands on children's eyesight today, from not only books and TV, but computers, mobile phones and gaming devices has lead to a dramatic increase in short-sightedness in the last 20 years. Whilst myopia is inherited, (the risk of it developing is increased if both parents are short sighted), technology…

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    Keratoconus Report

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    mail:moh_alnaimy@hotmail.com ABSTRACT Background: Keratoconus can cause gradual distortion of vision due to progressive myopia and irregular astigmatism. keratoconus is classified into four stages. The treatment is stage specific starting from glasses or hard contact lenses in the very early stages passing to intra corneal…

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    LASIK Eye Surgery

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    LASIK is used to treat Myopia, Hyperopia and Astigmatism (Wachler, 2016). Myopia, usually known as nearsightedness, where the focal point of the eye is in front of the retina causing distant images to be blurred (Bailey, 2012). Opposite to nearsightedness, farsightedness is also a common refractive error…

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    thinnest part at the outsides. These lenses have a positive focal length and cause light to converge. The bending of the light toward the center of the lens causes the focal point to move back (Broten, 2000). These different lenses can be used to treat myopia and…

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    Severe Astigmatism

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    actually quite common with approximately 45 million Americans having astigmatism. And the prevalence rates are high with around one and six Americans reporting the vision problem. Astigmatism commonly presents with vision issues such as myopia and hyperopia. And when myopia and hyperopia occur with severe astigmatism, eye doctors refer to this as refractive errors, according to the American Optometric Association. Though it remains…

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    Lasik Research Paper

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    Lasik is a medical procedure that uses laser technology to correct eye problems such as hyperopia, myopia and astigmatism. Doctors perform Lasik to reshape the cornea to improve vision sharpness and clarity. Majority of eye hospitals offer Lasik in Delaware, but the experience and qualification of the ophthalmologist performing the surgery is very important. Therefore, do a thorough background check on your chosen ophthalmologist and the clinic where the surgery is going to be performed. Opt for…

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    Nowadays all most people oawn at least a smartphone, smartphone is getting become part of people’s life. The image of smartphones can be seen everywhere despite any class or ages. There are 68 percents of American own smartphone (Monica Anderson, Technology Device, October 29,2015). The reason for smartphones attract million of consumers because it not only performs functions as a computer do but also a means of user-friendly handsets. Just by touching on the screen, all needs will be carried…

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    Magic Gucci Abraham

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    puzzles and creating anagrams. Abe appreciated his owner’s brightness, but Jefferson’s parents wanted their son to help on the family farm and eventually inherit it. However, after spending all his free time on word puzzles, he had developed severe myopia. Abe wished he could help his owner, but alas, as he was a dog, there was nothing he could do. One day, while Abe was out searching for mice in the marijuana field, (after all, marijuana is the fourth highest cash crop in Iowa), he suddenly…

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    Egocentric myopia is defined as the natural tendency to think in an absolutist manner within a very narrow point of view (Elder, L. & Paul, 2007). In the situations above these individuals were more focused on their own benefit instead of considering the people that…

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