Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Prefix: aniso-from the Greek language (meaning unequal), which in turn comes from an: meaning not and iso meaning equal; Root: cor, from the Greek word korē meaning pupil of the eye; Suffix: -ia, which is a Latin suffix meaning a disease or a pathological or abnormal condition; Thus, anisocoria means the condition of unequal pupils.
[1] [5] As an eye drop it is used to manage angle closure glaucoma until surgery can be performed, ocular hypertension, primary open angle glaucoma, and to constrict the pupil after dilation. [1] [6] [7] However, due to its side effects, it is no longer typically used for long-term management. [8] Onset of effects with the drops is typically ...
Drops prepared from the plant were used to dilate women's pupils, an effect considered to be attractive and seductive. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 15 ] Belladonna drops act as a muscarinic antagonist , blocking receptors in the muscles of the eye that constrict pupil size. [ 57 ]
It is used in eye drops as a cycloplegic (to temporarily paralyze accommodation), and as a mydriatic (to dilate the pupil). The related chemical compound homatropine methylbromide (methylhomatropine) is a different medication. Homatropine is less potent than atropine and has a shorter duration of action. It is available as the hydrobromide salt.
At each administration of an eye drop containing benzalkonium chloride, its detergent effect disrupts the lipid layer of the tear film. This cannot be regenerated and can no longer protect the aqueous layer of the tear film, which evaporates easily. In these circumstances, the cornea is exposed and eye dryness occurs.
The usual treatment of a standardised Adie syndrome is to prescribe reading glasses to correct for impairment of the eye(s). [1] Pilocarpine drops may be administered as a treatment as well as a diagnostic measure. [1] Thoracic sympathectomy is the definitive treatment of diaphoresis, if the condition is not treatable by drug therapy. [1]
The main characteristic that distinguishes physiological anisocoria is an increase of pupil size with lower light or reduced illumination, such that the pupils differ in size between the two eyes. At any given eye examination, up to 41% of healthy patients can show an anisocoria of 0.4 mm or more at one time or another.
Consider a pair of spectacles to correct for myopia with a prescription of −1.00 m −1 in one eye and −4.00 m −1 in the other. Suppose that for both eyes the other parameters are identical, namely t = 1 mm = 0.001 m, n = 1.6, P = 5 m −1 , and h = 15 mm = 0.015 m.