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States weigh covering obesity surgery
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>It can also cut down on the long-term cost of medications, he said. >"The surgery pays for itself in under three years," he said. "There is no >question that there are cost savings."
If there is no question, then there’s no need for legislation. Does anybody believe that if this saved [...]
Do MRI scans interact with the metal plates installed during shunt (tube) Glaucoma surgeries
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Hi John, MRI would only be a problem if glaucoma shunts were made of metal, which they are not. All glaucoma shunts are plastic and/or silicone, except for the Ex-Press glaucoma minishunt, which is not commonly used anymore. Those are metal, but I believe they are not magnetic. Hope [...]
Vitamin C
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I have been taking massive doses of Vitamin C recently. I have read several studies suggesting that Vitamin C is very good for your eyes and for lowering IOP. Your eye has about 25 times higher concentrations of vitamin C than your blood serum. Can anyone post more studies [...]
Non-Penetrating Glaucoma Surgery
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Possibly, but it depends on the type of bleb (drainage bubble under the upper eyelid) is obtained as a result of your surgery. With "non-penetrating" surgery, one should not have a very large, elevated or thin bleb like in a standard trabeculectomy. If that is the case, then contact lenses would [...]
Chronic Sinusitis Article
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I found the following article on www.medscape.com I saved it to my hard drive, but I don’t still have the URL to point to. Since the article is not so long, I will post the whole article below. ———————— Approach to the Patient With Chronic Sinusitis First, it is [...]
Stubborn migraines, Unsympathetic Dr's…
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Hi, I’m 27, and have suffered from migraines since I was in grade 6. My migraines have always been bad but as of this spring they started to get much worse. I now get them at leats 5 times a week…. I’ve tried almost every drug on the market and also tried [...]
lensectomy – no impant
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I also have a larger irregular pupil in my bad eye. Can this cause doublw vision by itself? eyegu…@aol.com (Rick Cohn, M.D.) wrote in message <news:54e8377c.0405241607.2a411961@posting.google.com>… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> czar…@cox.net (Craig) wrote in message <news:873c2ded.0405241006.787724d3@posting.google.com>… > > Are you saying the block(which I had in [...]
Econopred
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Don <rver…@mindspring.com> wrote in message <news:40820ECD.6701@mindspring.com>… > I just had cateract surgery along with a TRAB. The Dr. has me on > Econopred every hour. The original instructions were for a drop every > four hours but was changed to every hour. What is the purpose of this > medication? I [...]
sort of OT: new trend – eyeball jewelry
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Funny? I’d like to hear from an eye doctor what kind of eye problems these people are opening themselves up to. I don’t believe there’s any such thing as "minor" surgery. For example, you’d think tongue-splitting was harmless, but I’ve read it can cause a lot of complications, like infection. [...]
Diagram please of eye drainage / glaucoma
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"Reason" <sec…@bigpond.com.au> wrote in message
news:C%j_b.72365$Wa.5466@news-server.bigpond.net.au… > Hi everyone, > I have not yet seen any diagrams that clearly show how the eye drainage > mechanisms work. > Can anyone post a URL? > Maybe also diagrams of how a trab, lazer surgery, etc are used. > Thanks, [...]