Saturday, April 21, 2012

Diet healthy for heart

Do you want to keep your heart healthy??You may know some of the foods that are risky for your health ,but to keep it in practice is of much importace.Following 8 healthy diet tips and keeping yourself engaged in exercise keeps you away from heart diseases as well as intervens and reverses the damage occurred to the heart.Here are 8 dietary tips..

Friday, April 20, 2012

blindness

WHO Classification of Visual Impairment 

Visual acuity   < 6/18 in the better eye : impaired vision
•Visual acuity   < 3/60 in the better eye: blindness
• Visual acuity 6/18 or better  :
  Not impaired

Visual acuity in the better eye between  6/18 to 3/60 :low vision



Friday, April 13, 2012

High blood pressure lowering foods

Millions and millions of people are suffering from high blood pressure.
If you want to control you blood pressure by natural means ,we are here to help you.
1)Pomegranate juice:
           an ounce of juice daily fora year reduce  20%of blood pressure
2)Foods that contain potassium
         -papaya
        -Guava
       -Fresh figs
       -Banana
       -strawberry
       -orange
     Vegetables
        -swiss chard
       -lima beans
      -Yam
       -Brocauli
      -lentils
     -spinach
     -carrot
For details of these foods and other ways of lowering blood pressure , click here
     

Friday, February 24, 2012

SQUINT IN CHILDREN

Squint is a very common condition . In children squint can be due to
tumor retinoblastoma. So every case of squint in children should be
reffered to ophthalmologist immediately...
1) congenital squint:
Mostly esotropia. It can be essential without
any pathology or any other factors affecting binocular single vision.
2)secondary squint:
Squint specially esotropia in children may be a
manifestation of
..complete ptosis
..congenital cataract
..retinal detachment
.. retinoblastoma
3) Accomodative squint
High hypermetropia(long sightedness) can lead to
esotropia.
Approach to squint in children:
A thorough eye examination should be carried ..
¡)visual acquity : as already mentioned hypermetropia can cause squint
¡¡)squint evaluation: corneal light reflex, cover test,
cover-uncover test, alternate cover
test.
¡¡¡) External eye examination(with torch light):
Complete ptosis, corneal opacity , congenital cataract.
¡v)with ophthalmoscope and slit lamp: retinoblastoma can be diagnosed
Treatment:
¡)Refractive error should be corrected
¡¡) congenital cataract treated by lens extraction and
secondary implantation of lens
¡¡¡)retinoblastoma should be managed immediately by enucleation

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Red eye

Red eye is an important sign and symptom of eye diseases. It can be
due to simple conjunctivitis to acute congestive glaucoma.
Here is a list of diseases that can cause red eye ...
1) conjunctivitis
2)congested pterygium and pinguecula





3)corneal foreign body, abrasion and ulcer
4)acute uveitis and iridocyclitis
5)acute congestive glaucoma
These can be differentiated by following ..
Symptoms
.Redness in eye:
Conjunctivitis causes diffuse redness but more on fornices.
Corneal ulcer and acute uveitis or iridocyclitis
causes circum corneal congestion
Acute congestive glaucoma causes diffuse redness
but more on circumcorneal region.
.Pain:
Conjunctivitis causes mild discomfort
Corneal ulcer and acute uveitis causes moderate pain
Acute congestive glaucoma causes severe pain with other
symptoms like vomiting
.Vision:
In conjunctivitis vision is normal
Corneal ulcer and acute uveitis or iridocyclitis causes
moderate decrease in vision
Acute congestive glaucoma causes total loss of vision
On Examination(Signs)
.Redness
.vision
.Pupil :
Normal in conjunctivitis
Constricted or small in acute uveitis or iridocyclitis
Dilated in acute congestive glaucoma
.Anterior chamber:
shallow in glaucoma
.Cornea:
Normal in conjunctivitis
Ulcer or abrasion in corneal ulcer
Keratic precipitates on endothelium in acute iridocyclitis
Hazy in congestive glaucoma
.Intra ocular pressure:
Normal in conjunctivitis
Normal or raised if synechiae in iridocyclitis
Markedly raised in acute congestive glaucoma

Friday, February 10, 2012

Top Healthy Tips For Long Life

Every one wants to be healthy either they are children, teenager, adults or elderly. And for being healthy and remaining healthy one must follow healthy tips. Are you tired of diseases, or seeking healthy lifestyle techniques? Here are some popular healthy tips.