Photophobia

Why Climb Mt. Everest?! Why would somebody want to climb Mt. Everest? To me that seems like a really bad idea. In fact, 290 people have died trying to reach the summit. The last known attempt in which nobody died was thirty years ago! Plus, going through all that suffering just to reach the top and go down again? Not for me. Have you ever seen a documentary about how challenging that is? It is not easy, you have a 25% chance of dying. That’s like taking a spin the wheel with 25% and 75% and…

is a disease which tends to lead to complete blindness in young adults. Symptoms of RP tend to be a loss in vision at night (nyctalopia) also a loss of eyesight colour as Rods and Cones are affected, the acuity remains semi-intact however photophobia tends to affect individuals later on in life. when an individual has RP they would most likely…

called melanocytes which are found in your skin and eyes. Oculocutaneous albinism is inherited as an autosomal recessive genetic condition. I was diagnosed when I was three months old. I have low vision acuity along with nystagmus, strabismus, and photophobia. Nystagmus is the involuntary side to side eye movement; it gets worse with long strenuous tasks such as reading, working with electronic screens or tiredness. Strabismus…

Introduction: Langerhan’s cell histiocytosis is a malignancy caused by uncontrolled proliferation of the Langheran’s cell line with associated granulomatous deposition. The disease exists in a wide spectrum of clinical presentations ranging from localized skin manifestation to diffuse disease with neurological involvement. Typically, diabetes insipidus occurs when the hypothalamic-pituitary axis is affected by histiocytic infiltration. Langheran’s cell histiocytosis can be confirmed by…

history or history of headaches or migraine headaches. Her head hurts “in the back of head and goes to the top”, and is occasionally associated with dizziness (lightheadedness, denies vertigo) and nausea (although has had no emesis). She denies photophobia, blurred vision, diplopia, tearing, rhinorrhea, numbness, or sensitivity to noise. She cannot relate any provocative or palliative…

Prednisone: 5mg daily PO. Patient is on this medication for severe inflammation and due to immune suppression from chemo/radiation. (deltasone, meticorten, prednisone intensol) anti-inflammatory med, corticosteroid. Side effects: peptic ulcer/possible perforation, depression, hypertension, circulatory problems, nausea, diarrhea, abdominal distension, hyperglycemia, psychic derangements. Nursing considerations: monitor blood sugar in diabetic patients due to cause’s hyperglycemia. Contact…

common primary care visit. The most common type of headaches are tension type headaches, migraines and cluster headaches, which affects 40%, 10% and 1% of the adult population respectively (Hainer & Matheson, 2013). I should have inquired about the photophobia, phonophobia and if aggravated by physical activity because these are the criteria for migraine headache. I should have inquired the length of headache because it helps to distinguish between tension type headache and migraine (Hainer &…

Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP) is an inherited recessive disease, this means two recessive alleles are present in an individual from their parents. This disease impairs the ability of the body to repair DNA which is damaged mainly by Ultraviolent light as well as various chemical Carcinogens. ” The most common forms of DNA damage occurs via the cross linking of adjacent pyrimidines resulting in the formation of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs)” (1) for example UV light will often make two T 's…

Neisseria meningitidis. Most of these pathogens are more or less dangerous to certain age people. Meningitis often shows up accompanied by a fever, headache, or stiff neck. They often have other symptoms as well though, such as nausea, vomiting, photophobia, and minor or severe…

excitable, followed by irrational behavior in which it circle, walks compulsively and crashes into fixed objects, until eventually it becomes uncoordinated and sometimes recumbent (153). As stated by Fraser, other symptoms are the inability to swallow, photophobia, paralysis (600). There is a very low chance of your horse surviving as VEE, in southern parts of the U.S. and parts of Canada, has a 50-75% mortality rate (Fraser 600). ¨Clinical signs occur ~ 5 days after infection, and most deaths…