Eye Anatomy and Disorders: An
in-depth look at to my latest Dx
Since Carolina seems to like to give degrees out (sorry I
had too), I should be a Doctor by now, with free parking and a salary.
As many now I have been battling one thing after another
since 12/2007 when I stepped on the UNC Hospital Grounds. I never really liked science I even figured
out how to get out of High School Chemistry and still managed to get accepted
to State, UNC-Wilmington, Charlotte and UNC, by taking Marine Biology instead
and believe or not it was harder to get into State which was the last school I
got into cause dummy me picked the School of Design as my first choice luckily
they had started a new program 1st year college that had space. Well back to the topic, Medical Terminology
and learning the diseases, treatments, and reading medical journals and
studies.
Both my cancer Triple Negative Breast Cancer and autoimmune disease
Sjogren ’s syndrome are newer discovered disease’s which doctors are still studying
and learning. From what I have learned from
fellow patients and recent studies there may be a correlation between Breast
Cancer and Autoimmune Disorders. My
case seems to be one that other now has other doctor’s pouring over my file
according to my oncologist.
I have had a few questions about terminology and why
cauterization. So today’s lesson is an
overview of eye structure and definition of my dx
First let’s take a look at the Structure of the Eye:
Dx. 1 Posterior blepharitis- this issue involves the
Meiomian gland as noted in Figure 2 at the bottom, according to
dry-eyes-leaflet, the gland is responsible for making an olly liquid called
Lipid which covers the outer layer of the tear film. This layer of the eye is supposed to reduce
evaporation of the watery tears and keep the tear surface smooth.
Sjogren’s is an autoimmune disorder that
loves to cause inflammation and destroy glands within the body. As we learned early in science water plays a
vital role within the human body, according to the USCG “Up to
60% of the human adult body is water.”
In laymen terms my immune system is attacking (inflaming) the
Melomian Gland that is responsible for lubricating my eye
Cells of the conjunctiva at the
front of the eye and inner part of the eyelids also make a small amount of
mucus-like fluid. This allows the watery tears to spread evenly over the
surface of the eye.
The
tears then drain down small channels (canaliculi) on the inner side of the eye
into a tear sac. From here they flow down a channel called the tear duct (also
called the nasolacrimal duct) into the nose.”
http://www.patient.co.uk/health/dry-eyes-leaflet
Part 2: Coming soon: Steps that lead to
Cauterization and how it is done preview
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