Purpose: The present study aimed to review the effect of dehydration during Ramadan fasting on the health and ocular parameters leading to changes in eye function. Methods: Articles included in the study were taken from Pub Med, Ovid, Web of Science and Google Scholar up to 2014.Related articles were also obtained from scientific journals in fasting and eye. Results: Dehydration and nutrition c...

background: the diagnosis of toxocariasis heavily depends on immunological tests because the number of parasites is usually few in infected tissues, unless they migrate into an organ such as eye. in general, patients with ocular toxocariasis have serum anti- t canis antibody titres that are significantly lower than those with visceral toxocariasis. objective: to diagnose the asymptomatic toxoca...

behçet’s disease (bd) is a multisystem disorder with potential ability to influence the pregnancy outcome and pregnancy is associated with several physiologic alterations which can lead to potential changes in the course of the disease. we studied 77 pregnancies in 69 women with bd. the disease activity was calculated by two methods for three periods of before, during and after pregnancy to eva...

introduction: patients with bilateral weakness (bw) have many difficulties in gaze stability that interfere with their normal function. the aim of this study was to evaluate ocular motor functions in patients with bw to better understand the problem of gaze instability in these patients.   materials and methods: patients were referred from the otolaryngology department for vestibular assessment...

lorazepam has in increasingly being used in our country in recent years. pharmacologically, lorazepam belongs to the benzodiazepines known for their wide neurotropic properties. there have been several studies on the side effects of the drug as stress disorders, tumors, preconvulsive activities in case of epileptic attacks, overdose, and behavioral problems, but little is known regarding the te...

purpose: to compare complications and motility of hydroxyapatite versus medpor ocular implants after enucleation at ahvaz imam hospital (from jan 2010 to jun 2011). methods: in a clinical trial, 50 patients scheduled for enucleation were randomly divided in two groups of 25 patients. group 1 underwent enucleation + hydroxyapatite (ha) and group 2 underwent enucleation + medor implant. all patie...

purpose: to introduce the importance and world prevalence of ocular leishmaniasis (ol), its clinical manifestations, and diagnostic and management features with more emphasis on iranian cases. methods: we reviewed all available articles published about ol during recent 50 years. results: ol is an ocular protozoal infection which is widespread in the world but is more common in developing countr...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a hyaluronic acid containing eye drop in ameliorating ocular surface pathology and discomfort in canine keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS). Twenty five dogs with KCS treated with a topical carbomer (CA)-based tear replacement gel were moved to treatment with a hyaluronic acid (HA)-containing tear replacement eye drop. Dogs were subject to a fu...