A number of inflammatory, infectious, neoplastic and idiopathic disorders affect the eye and the central nervous system (CNS) concurrently or at different time frames. These conditions pose a diagnostic challenge to the clinician since they may present with similar ocular and neurological manifestations. The purpose of this review is to describe major neurological syndromes including multiple s...

since the mid-19 th century, human activities have increased greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide in the earth's atmosphere that resulted in increased average temperature. the effects of rising temperature include soil degradation, loss of productivity of agricultural land, desertification, loss of biodiversity, degradation of ecosystems, reduced fresh-water resou...

Corticosteroids are being rn;;ed in different ophthalmic disorder as anti-inflamatory agent.  A.C.T.H. stimulated the supra renal glands and causes an increase steroid concentration of the blood. Corticosteroids can be used as anti­inflamatory agent locally ar.d systemically.  The new corticom,teroids like prednison, dex­xametason and prednisolon are more effective ( 5 to 10 times) than the o...

objectives: the assessment of the elderly’s health condition can help to design interventional studies to promote their satisfaction and quality of delivered medical services. we intended to evaluate health priorities of the aged population of minoodasht district. methods & materials: the data were collected from 119 people aged 60 or over through door-to-door structured interviews containing 2...

BACKGROUND About 19 million children worldwide live with visual impairments resulting from different ocular morbidities. This study aimed to identify the different causes of eye diseases in children visiting a tertiary eye centre at Jimma University Hospital. METHODS We conducted a retrospective review of charts of patients of <16 years of age who presented to Jimma University, Department of ...

Infectious keratitis is the most common condition of corneal diseases in which a pathogen grows cornea leading to inflammation and destruction tissues. medical emergency for rapid accurate diagnosis needed ensure prompt precise treatment halt disease progression limit extent damage; otherwise, it may develop sight-threatening even eye-globe-threatening condition. In this paper, we propose seque...