#course on Ophthalmology

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Basic Ophthalmology for Medical Students 2023

Ophthalmology is a fascinating field that combines medical and surgical aspects to treat eye disorders. For medical students, understanding the basics of ophthalmology is crucial, not only for those who wish to specialise in the field but also for those who want to practice in other areas of medicine.

The DigiNerve app is an excellent tool for medical students. DigiNerve offers a course on Ophthalmology, which aims to educate healthcare professionals about everything related to eye health. The app provides conceptual clarity with video lectures, practice assessments, notes, clinical case scenarios, interactive live webinars, doubt clarification with faculties, forum discussions, and much more. These resources provide a comprehensive understanding of Basic Ophthalmology from various perspectives. Happy learning!

To know more visit: https://www.diginerve.com/course/ophthalmology-md/

[lucky-fydraws]

FREEDOM

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[melwyndavid]

Rajan Eye Care Hospital is the brain-child of Prof. Dr. N. Rajan whose pioneering spirit and visionary leadership have metamorphosed a once modest clinic into one of India’s Super Specialty Eye Hospitals and Post-Graduate Institute of Ophthalmology.

[superbhandarihospital]

Fellowship in Laparoscopic Surgery

Bimast is the best medical training institutes in India and provides retina fellowship, vitreo retinal, phacoemulsification courses and retina training in India. We have offered basic and advanced Courses in Medical Retina.

[anattempttostudyharder-blog]

Day 2/50

Studied for 2 hours and 55 minutes

Studied Ophthalmology and Psychology (for a counselling course)

Applied to a few jobs

Applied for the MSRA exam today

//Finding it super hard to concentrate! I haven't studied for a few months so it's taking some time to find the groove. Also couldn't study yesterday because of long work hours.//

[annaflorsdefum]

ES|| La primavera es el tiempo predilecto de las flores y como no, de las rosas silvestres, las cuales tienen infinidad de propiedades medicinales.

Sus frutos contienen gran cantidad de vitamina C, por lo que son muy adecuados para combatir estados gripales. Son antianémicos, estimulantes, tonificantes, antidiarreicos y, en decocción, diuréticos.

Los pétalos pueden comerse frescos. En infusión como colirio tienen grandes propiedades oftalmológicas, ayudan a combatir infecciones e inflamaciones oculares. Además, mezclada con miel combate la gingivitis, y mezclada con zumo de limón, si sumergimos las uñas, las hace fuertes y saludables. La decocción de las flores ayuda contra las menstruaciones abundantes.

La decocción de la raíz y sus tallos es astringente y, haciendo gargarismos, combate las afecciones e irritaciones de gola.

Además, otras especies de rosas son muy apreciadas en el mundo de la cosmética y la perfumería. Los tónicos para la piel tienen propiedades cicatrizantes, regeneradoras y bactericidas, combaten las arrugas y las inflamaciones cutáneas. En la aromaterapia, las rosas, ayudan en estados de depresión, insomnio y ansiedad. 🌱✨

Ya sabéis que con los temas de salud siempre se tiene que ir con cuidado y consultar con profesionales. No a todo el mundo le van bien los mismos remedios, a veces pueden tener contraindicaciones o generar alergias!

EN|| Spring is the season of flowers and of course, of wild roses, which have countless medicinal properties.

Its fruits contain a large amount of vitamin C, making them very suitable for combating the flu. They are antianemic, stimulant, toning, antidiarrheal and, in decoction, a diuretic.

The petals can be eaten fresh. In infusion, as eye drops, they have great ophthalmological properties, they help fight eye infections and inflammations. Furthermore, mixed with honey it fights gingivitis, and mixed with lemon juice, if we immerse the nails, it makes them strong and healthy. The decoction of the flowers helps against heavy menstruations.

The decoction of the root and its stems is astringent and, when gargled, combats throat infections and irritations.

In addition, other species of roses are highly appreciated in the world of cosmetics and perfumery. Skin tonics have healing, regenerating and bactericidal properties, they fight wrinkles and skin inflammations. In aromatherapy, roses help in states of depression, insomnia and anxiety. 🌱✨

With health issues you always have to be careful and consult with professionals. The same remedies don’t work well for everyone, sometimes they can have contraindications or cause allergies!

[moosemonstrous]

Ghost Rider Pacific Rim AU - this is a serious operation

Reyes watches Amadeus unpack the ophthalmology equipment with an expression of someone condemned to an electric chair.

“What are you a doctor of again?” he asks. He appears much less jittery than he was in the debrief, but he’s been going up and down since he woke up still on the resonance table. He went out like a light halfway through the MRS scan. Tony thought they’ve actually gone and killed him, but, surprise surprise, he really just passed out after over eighteen hours on the go. Montesi told them to leave him to it and had one of the nurses fetch a blanket.

Is he still in shock? He was definitely in shock when he crawled out of The Charger. He didn’t even ask for his phone back until they were nearly back at the base. But no, somebody in medical would’ve noticed this morning.

Amadeus belatedly remembers he was asked a question. “Technically, I’m not a doctor in any capacity. But I have the manual for these.”

The OCT hasn’t been used since they introduced Mark Threes and the drift technology stopped being quite so dangerous to new users, but it seems to be in a good condition. Nurse Carter had an ophthalmologist from the local hospital come over with his own gear to sort out Reyes’s eye after his accident, and at the time there was no reason to suspect it would be needed again. Amadeus really should know better than trust outside expertise with this kind of stuff.

“I feel like this should have come up before now.” Reyes wrinkles his nose. “How–”

“I’m very smart.” This never seems to be a good enough explanation for anyone. “I could’ve wasted time getting approval from some dusty old people halfway across the world, or done something useful with it. Besides, I basically grew up around academics, it rubs off on you.” It’s not a lie, if he counts Herc’s extended family. Somehow, he doesn’t think Reyes would care for his tragic backstory. “Don’t worry, Tony had me sit the exams before he let me loose on his lab.”

That also never seems to convince anyone – it shouldn’t, for people who aren’t Amadeus – but he has long made peace with it and at least Reyes doesn’t just. Up and leave. He does seem to find it funny, though. It’s weird to see his face do anything but scowl.

“I thought I’m the only underqualified person around here.”

“Excuse me,” Amadeus scoffs. The tomograph blinks to life when he flips the on switch. “I’m exceedingly qualified to take a photo of your eyeball.”

It’s not that he hasn’t noticed it was healing too slowly, but there were so many other priorities along the way. The pressure of a drift has been bursting blood vessels in rangers since the beginning of the program, and while Montesi was a bit concerned about the damage to the pupil, the ophthalmologist confirmed it was nothing to be worried about. At the time.

The software for the scanner comes on a CD, because of course it does. Amadeus is ninety percent sure he’s got a reader somewhere in his desk. His office is permanently in the state of what Tony generously calls a creative disaster, but he only has to move one half-deconstructed drone before he unearths an external CD drive alongside several spare memory ones he’s meant to re-label at some point… Later. At some point later. When he turns to triumphally plug the thing into his laptop, Reyes looks at him with a poorly disguised judgement.

“I have a system,” he lies.

“…Sure.”

Time to get this situation back on track. “Have you had any vision problems?”

“No.” Reyes never reported any pain, although Amadeus is beginning to suspect he’s the type to manfully ignore discomfort until it’s unavoidable. He doesn’t know if leukocoria ever occurs without some blurriness – or if that’s indeed what he saw whenever Brooks changed projector settings – but he can find that out after he’s examined it for himself. “What does this do?”

Amadeus checks the expiration date on the eyedrops before passing them to him. “You look into that lens there for ten minutes, I scan the back of your eye. No touching, and it shouldn’t hurt. At the end, I get a detailed image of the retina, and you avoid bright lights for a few hours. How’s that?”

To no apparent protest, Amadeus consults the manual to get the software going before strapping Reyes’s chin into the tomograph. He doesn’t really expect to find anything out of order – no pain, no sight issues, no headaches unrelated to the drift apparatus – but their new ranger is enough of an anomaly already. He’s not going to risk his solo pilot going the way of Spector – all the potential bursting like a soap bubble on an unasked question.

It takes slightly longer than ten minutes, because just this once Amadeus might have to admit that not having done this before somewhat hampers his confidence in getting the readings right. There’s discoloration around the macula, but that’s hardly a concern – nothing ever looks the same under a microscope as it does in textbook photos, and if he’s being honest, he was worried he’d find the retina already peeling off. The spectral domain view seems to have a little more to it than the example images would suggest, and eventually Amadeus gives in and asks Reyes to put the dilating eyedrops in his healthy eye, too.

“How’s your brother anyway?” he asks, mostly to keep his thinking face at bay. This is why he doesn’t normally work with live sub—with patients. He really should’ve asked one of the nurses to assist, if only to provide the small talk. “Look to the left. Has he been watching the news?”

Reyes doesn’t answer for a long moment. When he does, he sounds like there’s something stuck in his throat: “The children’s centre doesn’t allow jaeger broadcasts until after the fact. Just in case.”

“In case of—? Oh.”

“Yeah.”

Great fucking job, Cho. “Well, it’s been after the fact for a while! Didn’t you call him from the chopper?”

“His phone was off.” Another bout of silence. “His key worker texted me, said he was alright. I’m going to pick him up after this.”

“You’re going to look high for at least an hour,” Amadeus warns him. “And Kate wanted to discuss your media presence.” The eye on the other side of the lens begins blinking rapidly. “Stop that, I can’t scan your eyelid.”

“Who’s Kate?”

“Kate Bishop? She’s Jen’s PR girl.”

“PR.” It’s probably possible to inject more dread into two letters, but not without a lot of effort. “You mean—like an interview?”

There’s no thickening present on the healthy eye, and the difference is minimal. For all that he didn’t think anything would show up, it’s somehow really frustrating that the best he’s got is some minor abnormalities that can probably be explained away with the original damage and not enough sleep. He’ll have to run it by someone who knows better – and maybe ask Brooks to look out for the eyeshine. It was probably just a weird reflection, but it won’t hurt to make a note.

“More like full stage prep and making you memorise the party line. I wouldn’t really know, for some reason she never wanted me in front of the cameras.” He looks up from the laptop. Reyes isn’t prone to going pale, but he’s certainly lost some colour. “You fought a building-sized demon. You can’t be scared of reporters.”

“I’m not.”

“Uh-huh. You can move now, I’m done.” Reyes blinks owlishly, trying to refocus his eyes at a normal distance. His pupils are huge from the drops, which gives Amadeus an idea. It’s not that he wants to purposefully interfere with Kate’s job – this is how he shows his fondness, if anyone asks. “You know, if you talk to her now, she’ll have to let you go until you can handle spotlights again. I think... six hours? Should do it?”

“You think?”

“You’re free to get a second opinion.”

That nets him an actual smile. Turns out, Amadeus has a bedside manner after all.

**

(if you saw fake science, no you didn't. This is technically still a WIP with another part that's supposed to be attached but I can't look at eyeballs any longer without developing a very disturbing fetish so)

[talon-dragonbeast]

random veryyyy specific weird question but. IF u have vision in both eyes and u use both to see… can u describe it to me?? lol. my experience is that I see thru one eye and the other eye is just used as poor peripheral vision. if I close bad eye.. the forward image I’m seeing does not change at all… but some of my side view goes away. do u not have one eye that’s just peripheral vision? is normal vision more like both are seeing forward? is it not supposed to b like this? how does that even feel

i cant really explain how i see with both eyes, mainly because i dont have anything to compare with? both my eyes work exactly the same, so i dont have one eye that *only* works for peripheral vision like you describe. if i close my left eye i lose my entire left field of vision (and viceversa). if i could only see through one eye, not only i would have a pretty reduced field of vision but i would lose my depth perception as well.

^^ this is what a normal field of vision looks like for a human. if you put a hand next to your head and move it slowly backwards, at what point do you lose sight of it without moving your eyes? it should be the same for both eyes.

last week i was at the uni veterinary hospital for an ophthalmology practice, so i saw plenty of patients that had issues with their eyes. one of them was a yorkie that had cataracts in one of her eyes, so she couldnt see very well through it. the doctor that was with us said that patients with only one working eye werent usually a great concern cause they could still see quite normally. they would have to live with a blind spot, of course, but their quality of life wouldnt be impacted a whole lot.

with this i want to say that there isnt much difference between what you are describing and what 'normal' vision looks like. i would still get it checked if you start experiencing other symptoms (such as nausea, loss of balance, pain, heat, changes in coloration etc), but if it has been like that your whole life i wouldnt be too concerned. im not an expert tho! always consult a medical professional if you feel like something is wrong

[mcatmemoranda]

Rheumatoid Arthritis:

Refer to rheumatologist.

●Nonpharmacologic measures – Nonpharmacologic measures, such as patient education, psychosocial interventions, and physical and occupational therapy, should be used in addition to drug therapy. Other medical interventions that are important in the comprehensive management of RA in all stages of disease include cardiovascular risk reduction and immunizations to decrease the risk of complications of drug therapies.

●Initiation of DMARD therapy soon after RA diagnosis – We suggest that all patients diagnosed with RA be started on disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) therapy as soon as possible following diagnosis, rather than using antiinflammatory drugs alone, such as nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and glucocorticoids (Grade 2C). Better outcomes are achieved by early compared with delayed intervention with DMARDs.

●Tight control of disease activity – Tight control treatment strategies to "treat to target" are associated with improved radiographic and functional outcomes compared with less aggressive approaches. Such strategies involve reassessment of disease activity on a regularly planned basis with the use of quantitative composite measures and adjustment of treatment regimens to quickly achieve and maintain control of disease activity if targeted treatment goals (remission or low disease activity) have not been achieved. (

●Pretreatment evaluation – Laboratory testing prior to therapy should include a complete blood count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP), aminotransferases, blood urea nitrogen, and creatinine. Patients receiving hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) should have a baseline ophthalmologic examination, and most patients who will receive a biologic agent or Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor should be tested for latent tuberculosis (TB) infection. Screening for hepatitis B and C should be performed in all patients. Some patients may require antiviral treatment prior to initiating DMARD or immunosuppressive therapy, depending upon their level of risk for hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation.

●Adjunctive use of antiinflammatory agents – We use antiinflammatory drugs, including NSAIDs and glucocorticoids, as bridging therapies to rapidly achieve control of inflammation until DMARDs are sufficiently effective. Some patients may benefit from longer-term therapy with low doses of glucocorticoids.

●Drug therapy for flares – RA has natural exacerbations (also known as flares) and reductions of continuing disease activity. The severity of the flare and background drug therapy influence the choice of therapies. Patients who require multiple treatment courses with glucocorticoids for recurrent disease flares and whose medication doses have been increased to the maximally tolerated or acceptable level should be treated as patients with sustained disease activity. Such patients require modifications of their baseline drug therapies.

●Monitoring – The monitoring that we perform on a regular basis includes testing that is specific to evaluation of the safety of the drugs being; periodic assessments of disease activity with composite measures; monitoring for extraarticular manifestations of RA, other disease complications, and joint injury; and functional assessment.

●Other factors affecting target and choice of therapy – Other factors in RA management that may influence the target or choice of therapy include the disabilities or functional limitations important to a given patient, progressive joint injury, comorbidities, and the presence of adverse prognostic factors.

Osteoarthritis

General principles – General principles of osteoarthritis (OA) management include providing continuous care that is tailored to the patient according to individual needs, goals, and values and should be patient-centered. Treatment can be optimized by OA and self-management education, establishing treatment goals, and periodic monitoring.

●Monitoring and assessment – The management of OA should include a holistic assessment which considers the global needs of the patient. Patient preferences for certain types of therapies should also be assessed, as compliance and outcomes can be compromised if the care plan does not meet the patient's preferences and beliefs.

●Overview of management – The goals of OA management are to minimize pain, optimize function, and beneficially modify the process of joint damage. The primary aim of clinicians should include targeting modifiable risk factors. Due to the modest effects of the individual treatment options, a combination of therapeutic approaches is commonly used in practice and should prioritize therapies that are safer.

●Nonpharmacologic therapy – Nonpharmacologic interventions are the mainstay of OA management and should be tried first, followed by or in concert with medications to relieve pain when necessary. Nonpharmacologic therapies including weight management and exercises, braces and foot orthoses for patients suitable to these interventions, education, and use of assistive devices when required.

●Pharmacologic therapy – The main medications used in the pharmacologic management of OA include oral and topical nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Other options include topical capsaicin, duloxetine, and intraarticular glucocorticoids. Our general approach to pharmacotherapy is described below.

•In patients with one or a few joints affected, especially knee and/or hand OA, we initiate pharmacotherapy with topical NSAIDs due to their similar efficacy compared with oral NSAIDs and their better safety profile.

•We use oral NSAIDs in patients with inadequate symptom relief with topical NSAIDs, patients with symptomatic OA in multiple joints, and/or patients with hip OA. We use the lowest dose required to control the patient's symptoms on an as-needed basis.

•We use duloxetine for patients with OA in multiple joints and concomitant comorbidities that may contraindicate oral NSAIDs and for patients with knee OA who have not responded satisfactorily to other interventions.

•Topical capsaicin is an option when one or a few joints are involved and other interventions are ineffective or contraindicated; however, its use may be limited by common local side effects.

•We do not routinely use intraarticular glucocorticoid injections due to the short duration of its effects (ie, approximately four weeks).

•We avoid prescribing opioids due to their overall small effects on pain over placebo and potential side effects (eg, nausea, dizziness, drowsiness), especially for long-term use and in the older adult population.

•We do not routinely recommend nutritional supplements such as glucosamine, chondroitin, vitamin D, diacerein, avocado soybean unsaponifiables (ASU), and fish oil due to a lack of clear evidence demonstrating a clinically important benefit from these supplements. Other nutritional supplements of interest that may have small effects on symptoms include curcumin (active ingredient of turmeric) and/or Boswellia serrata, but the data are limited.

●Role of surgery – Surgical treatment is dominated by total joint replacement, which is highly effective in patients with advanced knee and hip OA when conservative therapies have failed to provide adequate pain relief.

●Factors affecting response to therapy – The discordance of radiographic findings to pain supports the notion that the mechanisms of pain are complex and likely multifactorial. The placebo effect is also known to impact response to therapy.

●Prognosis – Although there is great variability among individuals and among different phenotypes of OA, courses of pain and physical functioning have been found to be predominantly stable, without substantial improvement or deterioration of symptoms over time.

[beatricebidelaire]

georgina's book Advanced Ocular Science has the following table of contents

Introduction 1

Basic Ophthalmology 105

Nearsightedness and Farsightedness 279

Blindness 311

Itchy Eyelashes 398

Damaged Pupils 501

Blinking Problems 612

Winking Problems 650

Surgical Practices 783

Glasses, Monocles, and Contact Lenses 857

Sunglasses 926

Hypnosis and Mind Control 927

Which Eye Color Is the Best One? 1,000

the book is one with stylistic consistency, as we know

Immediately, of course, Violet saw that chapter twelve would be the most helpful, and was glad she’d thought of looking at the table of contents instead of reading 927 pages until she found something helpful. Grateful that she could skip that daunting first paragraph—the word “daunting” here means “full of incredibly difficult words”—she flipped through Advanced Ocular Science until she reached “Hypnosis and Mind Control.” The phrase “stylistic consistency” is used to describe books that are similar from start to finish. For instance, the book you are reading right now has stylistic consistency, because it began in a miserable way and will continue that way until the last page. I’m sorry to say that Violet realized, as she began chapter twelve, that Dr. Orwell’s book had stylistic consistency as well. The first sentence of “Hypnosis and Mind Control” was “Hypnosis is an efficacious yet precarious methodology and should not be assayed by neophytes,” and it was every bit as difficult and boring as the first sentence of the whole book. Violet reread the sentence, and then reread it again, and her heart began to sink. How in the world did Klaus do it? When the three children lived in the Baudelaire home, there was a huge dictionary in their parents’ library, and Klaus would often use it to help him with difficult books. But how did Klaus read difficult books when there was no dictionary to be found? It was a puzzle, and Violet knew it was a puzzle she had to solve quickly.

somehow, the 13th chapter, which eye color is the best one is somehow ...... idk, does not quite fit with the rest? the other ones seem very professional. related to the topic. granted, considering it's written by georgina, i suppose it's likely it's just, which eye color is easier to hypnotize or something. that's ... fitting, for the book.

i mean. unless. it's an esme squalor contribution.

[diginerve]

What is Choroidal Neovascularization (CNV)? Symptoms & Causes

If you do not know what Choroidal Neovascularization is, this blog post will provide all your answers. Besides that, if you are a PG student, you must stay tuned until the end because we have something exciting to share with you.

So let's start!

Choroidal Neovascularization occurs when new and abnormal blood cells emerge from a layer of blood vessels (the choriocapillaris) via a thin barrier, the Bruch's membrane and enter into areas under the retina.

In other words, when any person gets diagnosed with Choroidal Neovascularization, they experience extreme vision loss as the new blood vessels that are growing are unlike the normal ones. 

The reason behind the loss of vision is that when these damaging blood vessels grow in the macula, the core region of the retina that allows us to see the world and its light, they can cause discomfort to the patient and cause painless loss of vision. 

Causes of Choroidal Neovascularization

CNV can happen due to many factors such as:

Extreme nearsightedness

Certain eye injuries

Damaged brunch membrane

Any kind of physical injury or trauma

Inflammatory diseases

Genetic or hereditary disorders

Symptoms of CNV

You may not notice at first, but many signs point you towards CNV. Its symptoms include the following:

Blurred vision

Distorted images

Flickering of lights

A blind or dark spot in the center

Change of color vision

Quick vision loss

Experiencing these symptoms might be concerning for the patients. This is why a doctor with advanced skills and knowledge must diagnose and treat them. 

Therefore, postgraduate students pursuing their final examinations should select a course that will allow them to score well, and that’s where DigiNerve’s Ophthalmology course comes in!

Why choose the DigiNerve’s Opthalmology course?

It is impossible to fully understand any topic or subject matter related to reality only on the basis of theoretical concepts. The expert Dr N. Venkatesh Prajna, the chief editor of Ophthalmology MD completely agrees with this statement, and this is why, with the assistance of India’s 55 eminent faculty, he has crafted an Ophthalmology MD online course for postgraduate students who want to excel in their examinations.

This course is great for PG ophthalmology students who want to gain knowledge of surgical, clinical, and academic skills. 

The course further includes:

Ophthalmology online video lectures, which contain over 210+ hours of videos supported by benchmark/evidence-based research.

It contains 385+ lecture notes, which are very helpful to students who are about to take their PG examinations.

You can also self-assess yourself with the help of 3550+ MCQs

What else do you get? An amazing tool that covers 130+ topics for quick learning about various diseases, their features, and their treatments.

Apart from these, the course also includes:

Dr Wise AI Chatbot

Printed Notes

Engagement activities

Examination corner section

Overall, this online course is a must for any PG student who is interested in learning about ophthalmology and the top in their field. 

The Takeaway

You already know that to become an Ophthalmologist, you need to pursue your postgraduate exams and excel well in them. However, the experts of DigiNerve are here for you to provide you guidance wherever you think you need help understanding any topic. By enrolling in this DigiNerve course, you prepare yourself for the required knowledge you need to top your final examinations.

So hurry up and join the course now! 

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Posthumous Admiral's Log - Entry 28

I must say that this Obi-Wan Kenobi fellow is getting on my nerves. I had a terribly unpleasant encounter with him which was entirely unprovoked. You see, I was simply minding my own business, daydreaming about blasting Rebel cruisers, when I saw his blue ghost swooping down towards me. He then proceeded to accuse me of luring Anakin Skywalker down the wrong path and called me a “temptress of the Dark Side”.

Among many wild contentions, he blamed me for encouraging Lord Vader’s murderous tendencies which have – according to Kenobi – gone so far as to alter the physical appearance of his Force spirit. I assume Kenobi was referring to Lord Vader’s inflammatory eye condition. I do not know how I might have caused such a thing, and given that I have no ophthalmological training, I doubt I could make the eye condition any better or worse. (That said, I did with the Imperial Medical Bay on the subject, and they believe it is some form of post-mortem jaundice. They aren’t sure how one could develop such a condition post-mortem, but at any rate, it certainly isn’t my fault.)

I tried to tell Kenobi that I have only ever done my duty to the Empire and that, if anything, Lord Vader is usually the one who demands my presence. I also tried to explain that Lord Vader is an adult. In fact, he’s older than me. As such, he has the right to choose for himself who to affiliate with and what actions to make in life. I doubt I could influence him even if I tried. If I did, I might have been able to save poor Needa from strangulation.

Sadly, none of this convinced Kenobi. He told me to keep away from Anakin. Considering that Lord Vader typically seeks me out rather than the other way around, I told him that was unlikely to happen. Kenobi only shook his head and went off sulking.

Since then, I’ve seen him watching me angrily from a distance. He’s given me quite a shock a few times. It’s a wonder he and Lord Vader don’t get along better saying as they both seem to love brooding and frightening me.

I’ve considered bringing up the matter with Lord Vader, but I think that can wait. I have far too much stress already to worry about an angry Lord Vader on top of everything. Given their history, I doubt Lord Vader will take well to this news about Kenobi. I can’t blame him. If one of my friends pushed me into lava, I doubt I’d ever forgive them either.

Frankly, it’s absurd that such a thing even happened. I’ve had my fair share of rows with various acquaintances, but not once has a fight ever ended in dismemberment and volcanic burns. I can’t imagine any of my colleagues ever doing such a thing, not even Motti (although he did push me into the trash compactor once by accident). I wouldn’t have believed the tale if Lord Vader hadn’t had the scars to show for it in life.

Of course, I doubt Kenobi will listen to any of that. For now, I can only hope he’ll tire of these antics and leave me be. I’m far too tired for this.

- Admiral Piett

Read the full log on AO3.

[silvernyxchariot]

If the human friend of the pillarmen were almost completely blind, could they do something with their powers to give a little vision? I mean, would their abilities, for example, allow them to penetrate the reader's brain with their fingers and, uh, "connect" to their brain? Would these men, for example, let the reader look at themselves through pillarmen's eyes?

The Pillarmen could perform an eye transplant; I wouldn’t doubt that. It would be the easiest solution. Wouldn’t it be cool to have heterochromia (two different colored eyes), from eyes specifically picked for their human friend. . .

As for “vision sharing” or “sight sharing,” hmmm.😗🧋 My immediate response was “No.” Of course, there is a BUT! Nothing is impossible for the ultimate lifeforms*, am I right?/rh I remembered Esidisi controlled Susie Q and gained her sight when he had no eyes (and no body for that matter) at the time. So, why can’t the reverse be true?

The rest of the Pillarmen can take Esidisi’s route but you mentioned “connecting to their (human friend’s) brains” through their fingers. For the Pillarmen, I wouldn’t doubt the possibility. Although I’m not versed in ophthalmology (eyes) or neurology (brain), if the Pillarmen learn how to transfer the electrochemical signals from the neurons and synapses in their brain to their human friend, they could share their sight. The eyes are simply receptors of images after all and the brain then makes sense of the imagery.

The only conditions now are: if their human friend was congenitally blind or blinded by a recent accident/disease. If it is the former, their brain might have difficulty understanding the image presented to them. If it is the later, then they would see “clear as day.”

*On the assumption/AU, the Pillarmen succeeded in Battle Tendency.

[collymore]

Bi-sexual adulterer weds stalker he dumped for 10 years but ensures she gets the title his murdered mum once had.

By Stanley Collymore Mrs. Stepford wife and broodmare Kate Middleton looked relatively healthy when she first married into the Windsor Klan, now she looks like a stick figure and clearly dresses like an old woman as she effectively permanently, totally obviously ages awfully. And rather frankly anyone who thinks she's beautiful is either a typically deranged brownnosing sycophant or otherwise, distinctly desperately requires a significant course of crucial ophthalmology! Frankly, Kate Middleton is really undeniably clearly a discernibly rather noxiously toxic bore and an evilly white Karen trollop so likemindedly as William a very vilely, pathetic prat, who never once either supported or really actually wanted to, his brother Harry, or essentially made any comments whatever when his wife Meghan and likewise too Harry himself repeatedly had to endure endless, sick abuse, aptly proffered, by rightwing Nazi rags, like the Daily Mail! And similarly both financially and purposely instigated in briefings from Kensington as well as Buckingham Palace with absolutely the unquestionably full knowledge, authorization and too the furtive egregious cooperation of landed luckily elevated stalker Kate Middleton, odious hardcore quite breathtakingly, adulterous slapper, the evidently notorious Camilla Parker Bowles, actually nowt sensibly, but a thoroughly noxious post menopausal clear Karen relic, and effectively too to you brownnosers your dear Windsor monarchical consort, by another name. And clearly, adulterous William, evidently minus obviously any genuine courage, or also conscionable worth to effectively, basically emulate Philip Schofield and reveal, what he undoubtedly is: a surreptitiously, married bisexual, with a distinctively quite marked preference for what's his biological gender. Accounts for why there's no natural chemistry, between dull Willie and Waity Katie. None of these Windsors have ever achieved their exalted positions through effort, hard work or ability; as what they have was all handed to them on a platter; so why, should intelligent people, as apart from discernibly basically rank very intellectually challenged morons and likewise friends of theirs: distinctively so undeniable pillocks, clearly like Jeremy Clarkson, Piers Morgan, obviously the Dykes and Queer   Palace stooges; and irrefutably too, the well remunerated rags and media - like the Daily Mail along with their vile, brainless hacks - realistically be literally forced to admire them if quite sensibly we don't find them in the least noble, or trust them? (C) Stanley V. Collymore 23 December 2022.   Author's Remarks: Adulterous conduct is discernibly rife throughout the irrefutably, unethical, vile Saxe-Coburg-Gothe-Mountbatten-Windsor Klan among both their men and women, is too generally expected and likewise a rite of passage among the lot of them. So too is bastardy, the often basically hidden production of very genetically malformed offspring, basically because of the clear logically distinctly and inherently incestuously inbred nature of this unethical family. And those such mongrelized versions of themselves not medically killed off at birth are put away in select homes never to be seen, spoken of, or heard of ever again!   Similarly so noticeably homosexuality and lesbianism are basically rampant among this lot, just as it evidently was among major family members who're now dead. Paedophilia quite similarly and essentially so! Jimmy Savile had the entire run literally effectively of their palaces and stately homes and was as well obviously best mates with most of them; so too was Bishop Peter Ball, likewise also Aussie Rolf Harris, Jeffrey Epstein and clearly Ghislaine Maxwell to name just a few of these odious sorts that the Windsors dearly love to have as their bosom pals.   William is basically a treacherous sell out when it comes to his mum Diana; as he knows she was murdered and at whose instigation it was, just as Harry and anyone with a functioning and a quite conscionable brain knows, that what occurred in Paris was distinctly so no fucking accident period. Diana was Charles' legitimate wife as all the knowledgeable world does know but Camilla wasn't Charles' only mistress. Kanga Kyron similarly was also, but crucially she was very specifically a real rival to Camilla and similarly as well a household name and likewise a central figure in Charles' life. But she quite untowardly lost her life in very strange circumstances almost THREE months after Diana was murdered. How convenient for Camilla Parker Bowles the adulterous slapper! A vile death, Kanga Tyron's, which basically has disgustingly been quite purposely rather conveniently forgotten both by the Establishment and so significantly as well her murderers. All the same there's an abundance of research material about this woman even by the Daily Mail, which rather obviously at no time really, seriously expected the trollop Camilla Parker Bowles, an exact carbon copy of her whoring great grandmother and longstanding mistress of Edward VII Bowles and for all we know might even be biologically related to Charles who is himself the great grandson of that same Edward VII, to realistically ever be in the position that obviously she's now in, relative to all you evilly, fawning monarchical serfs. Naturally interestingly and quite stupidly to intelligent minds, of which there’s a dearth of them in the UK, such whoring, white trollops are always so euphemistically labelled as “socialites “and whatever vainglorious terminology their ilk, the media and brownnosers alike assume that they can get away with; but if this were some other woman not that socially connected she would undoubtedly and most horrifically be castigated as what she really is, no matter the circumstances under which she carried out her whoring activities. Quite typical really, of endemically classed infected and deeply inured, utter pathetic class structured Britain. As for Kate Middleton this phoney with her now contrived and "cultivated" fake posh accent couldn't be any further removed from being a positive role model of any kind. Since this lazy, avidly social climbing, hateful and quite jealous of those evidently more gifted than she is or could rather realistically ever hope to be; a perniciously evil, white Karen and an irrefutably also inured racist bitch of the worst kind, has essentially and pathetically never had a full time job a in her fucking life and has literally always lived off of other people's money. A 40 year old woman, Kate Middleton, who significantly has actually achieved nothing whatsoever on merit. But thankfully there are undoubtedly some women in Britain who've achieved by dint of their individual ability far more; and that's what equality of opportunity, meritocracy and also genuine democracy is naturally all about. Not this vile fucking medieval nonsense that these odious pillocks and their kiss me ass fawners reprehensibly represent.

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Studies in many countries have found that needing glasses or having the wrong prescription (usually that means wearing old glasses when eyesight has worsened over time) is one of the main causes for school failure. A study by Spain's General Council of Optometrists concluded that 30% of school failure is due to this. I don't know how accurate the number is since it's a study by an organisation with monetary interest in the matter, but regardless of how accurate the exact number is, there's no doubt that it's a problem. I had it myself for some time when I was in high school, and when I finally got glasses and could see the blackboard, school suddenly became so much easier (I could accurately write down notes and didn't spend so long trying to figure out what it says that I didn't have time to write down all the relevant information, thus I could study for exams with all the information needed, and without all the headache given by the effort). School would become so much easier to so many people with the simple change of getting glasses.

Other countries and age groups have found the same. According to Johns Hopkins University (USA):

The American Academy of Ophthalmology estimates that 80 percent of all learning during a child's first 12 years comes through the eyes. Now consider that 10 percent of preschoolers and 25 percent of kids in grades K through six have vision deficiencies, according to the American Public Health Association. Furthermore, many youngsters are misdiagnosed with learning disabilities when they actually have an undetected vision problem.

A study conducted with over 3,000 students in China found that providing free glasses to school children significantly improved their performance in mathematics. They found that whether the children group was given free glasses had an even bigger impact on the child's results than how much education their parents have or family wealth.

This is a problem for all people, because it can be difficult to detect that you see worse than you're supposed to (unless it was a quick deterioration or you have compared your sight with others, you're used to how you see so you often assume that's the normal way to see). It's even worse in the case of children, because they might be less aware of eye problems and in some cases adults don't react when they are told by the child or when they see the clues that the child doesn't see well enough. But, above all, it's also a class issue that is way worse in "third world countries", rural areas, and poor families who can't afford the glasses or a visit to the eye doctor.

Poor vision is the most common impairment affecting school aged children in the developing world, comprising 48% of all disability among children aged 5 to 9 years in the India census of 2001. (source)

Myopia is on the rise, it has even been called the 21st century pandemic. Same way as some countries already provide a free dentist visit in schools, it would be very useful if schools also had an eye doctor come in to make sure all children are checked. Of course, adding eye doctors to the free universal healthcare system is also very important to ensure everyone can get the treatment they need.

Going back to OP's point, none of this means that people who wear glasses in "1st world countries" should be necessarily considered disabled, but bad eye sight can definitely be a disability and have consequences, and there are things we can do to make it better. I wish I could have had these things when I was in high school!

Made the mistake of bringing up that needing glasses is a disability on tiktok and people got real mad.

“You can fix it with glasses” yeah, cuz they’re a disability aid? But like, I still have to pay 160 bucks to use my own fucking eyes?

Like, by definition, if your eyes do not work without aid, you have a disability to see.

Having a disability doesn’t automatically put you in what people consider the “disabled” category, but that doesn’t change the fact that it is in fact, a disability.

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A Complete Guide to MD/MS Admission in India for Aspiring Medical Students

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