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Originally posted by anothertony
Tom OD,
the one case about "Delayed Diagnosis and Treatment of Glaucoma", I thought Glaucoma is irreversable ....
I thought we can only minimize or delay its effects....
Originally posted by anothertony
Tom OD,
the one case about "Delayed Diagnosis and Treatment of Glaucoma", I thought Glaucoma is irreversable ....
I thought we can only minimize or delay its effects....
What's this "count fingers vision"?Originally posted by Andrew_Doan
A good example is congenital glaucoma in children. If the diagnosis is missed at age 2 months, then the child will be count fingers vision at age 2 years.
Originally posted by aphistis
What's this "count fingers vision"?
Egad. So by the time someone reaches that point, I'm assuming the patient is pretty much blind from a functional viewpoint? This is one test I suppose I don't want to score off the chart on.Originally posted by Richard_Hom
Dear aphistis,
When a visual acuity is less than the largest letter on a vision chart, the examiner will hold up fingers at 10, 6, or 3 feet. This gives the examiner an indication of the vision much like 20/something would. Of course Hand Motion (HM) is the level of vision that is more severe than "CF (counting fingers)" or "FC (finger counting)".
Richard_Hom
Originally posted by aphistis
Egad. So by the time someone reaches that point, I'm assuming the patient is pretty much blind from a functional viewpoint?
Originally posted by anothertony
If the death of ganglionic cells are the CAUSE of the sand falling down the hourglass, shouldn't we be doing more research on how to PREVENT these valuable cells from dying? I mean, prevent ganglion cells from dying and you prevent blindness! am i on the right track here?
Originally posted by anothertony
is there a book you can recommend for me to read (about the eyes) before i begin optometry school this year?
(p.s this Q'n is directed to anyone really....) it would be nice to get a head start you know...
Originally posted by anothertony
many thanx Dr. Doan