I didn’t want to hurt myself.| I didn’t expect to. I was just trying to play the game properly. I’m not used to being the tall person in the group. I didn’t see him make a cross over move to tag me. I thought I could run past him. And…
I keep hearing about this in the news, but I have no idea what it is…so I looked it up. *** Source CTV News CTVNews.ca Staff Published Sunday, July 27, 2014 2:43PM EDT Last Updated Tuesday, July 29, 2014 8:44AM EDT The outbreak of Ebola in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra…
This is our final adventure into eye conditions. It’s time to start writing about other things. Hope you enjoy this last part of the series. *** httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALSjGpG9bwM *** Source: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003040.htm Blindness is a lack of vision. It may also refer to a loss of vision that cannot be corrected with…
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUsups6Mk3I *** Source: http://www.colourblindawareness.org/colour-blindness/ What is colour blindness? Colour (color) blindness (colour vision deficiency, or CVD) affects approximately 1 in 12 men (8%) and 1 in 200 women in the world. In Britain this means that there are approximately 2.7 million colour blind people (about 4.5% of the entire population),…
This runs in my family. Maybe I’ll get lucky and not get it. *** Source: http://chealth.canoe.ca/channel_condition_info_details.asp?disease_id=84&channel_id=2022&relation_id=16451 The macula is a tiny circle in the middle of the retina, a light-sensitive membrane that lines the inside of the back of the eye. In older people, it sometimes begins to deteriorate or…
I get tested for this one every time I go see the Ophthalmologist *** Source: http://www.webmd.com/eye-health/glaucoma-eyes Glaucoma is a condition that causes damage to your eye’s optic nerve and gets worse over time. It’s often associated with a buildup of pressure inside the eye. Glaucoma tends to be inherited and…
A friend of mine has this one. *** Source: http://www.webmd.com/eye-health/eye-health-keratoconus We see through the cornea, which is the clear, central part of the front surface of the eye. Normally, the cornea has a dome shape, like a ball. Sometimes, however, the structure of the cornea is just not strong enough…
Source: http://www.nei.nih.gov/health/cataract/cataract_facts.asp A cataract is a clouding of the lens in the eye that affects vision. Most cataracts are related to aging. Cataracts are very common in older people. By age 80, more than half of all Americans either have a cataract or have had cataract surgery. A cataract can…
I’ve got this too. *** Source: www.nystagmus.org NYSTAGMUS is characterized by an involuntary movement of the eyes, which may reduce vision or be associated with other, more serious, conditions that limit vision. Nystagmus may be one of several infantile types or may be acquired later in life. The most common…
It’s got nothing to do with The Stig hypnotizing you…Top Gear fans will get that. *** Source CNIB, Canadian Opthalmological Society In normal, undistorted vision, the cornea (the clear window in front of the eye) is smooth and equally curved in all directions. With astigmatism, the cornea is “warped”, meaning…