Archive for November 2022

Typically, ophthalmologists like to discuss subjects that they feel to be weighty, such as what to do with this disease or what to do about that surgery. This includes considering even the minutiae of very specific techniques and hand positioning. Today, I read a discussion about what the best type of slip-on shoe is. Admittedly,…

There is an association between thyroid disorders and ocular disorders. The “classic” association is between overactive thyroid and eyes bulging out. In the November 2022 issue of the journal JAMA Ophthalmology, Dr. Yuan Pan and colleagues published a study that indicated that oral doxycycline might improve some of the symptoms of this thyroid eye disease,…

In the November 2022 edition of the journal Ophthalmology, Dr. Golnoush Mahmoudinezhad and colleagues published a study that indicated that heavy smokers with glaucoma are more likely to lose visual field than non-smokers. Glaucoma is a disease the affects the optic nerve in the eye and causes loss of side vision before central vision. That’s…

In the November 2022 edition of the journal Cornea, Aditya Ghorpade and colleagues report a case of a fungus. A fungus? Oh, yes, there is a fungus among us, and that fungus has shown that it can infect humans. It is actually well known in ophthalmology that fungal infections of the cornea occur, and they…