Archive for the ‘Eye connections’ Category

Strabismus and heredity (genetics)

Saturday, February 4th, 2006

My father had the same alternating exotropia that I have. I thought I had avoided passing it down to my children and grandchildren, but not so. My daughter and granddaughter both got good results from my Optometrist. But at the end of the December, I took my ...

Strabismus, rosacea, and rest

Friday, January 13th, 2006

When I'm not wearing makeup, folks often ask, "Have you been out in the sun?" My fair complexion is more ruddy than fair, and recently doctors have labeled it rosacea. My face hasn't bothered me much, but my eyes are affected also (ocular rosacea). This causes extremely ...

Introvert or Extrovert?

Monday, November 28th, 2005

Dr. Wanda Vaughn, my Behavioral Optometrist, says, "Put me in a room with a bunch of little 'Tropes' and I can almost divide the extroverts to one side of the room and the introverts to the other just by looking at their eyes." Dr. Vaughn says that people with esotropia ...

Education in focus

Saturday, October 29th, 2005

About the photo: Dr. Wanda Vaughn, a developmental optometrist, completes a target push-up skill with Mark Andrews*. The exercise trains him to move his eyes inward and stay focused on an object. Mark has been diagnosed with convergence insufficiency, which means the eyes don't turn in enough ...

A network cable …er, brain circuit …is unplugged

Monday, October 24th, 2005

I've seen an icon similar to this a lot lately, yet no cable was unplugged. My computer seemed to be continuously trying to connect to the net. If I managed to get connected it was only a short time before I was disconnected again. After switching cables ...

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