The practice of ophthalmology and psychiatry meet over in several aspects of patient diagnosis, management & therapy. The ophthalmologists should be able to recognise signs and symptoms of psychiatric disorder. Non organic disorders could have ophthalmologic manifestations related both the afferent system and motor system related symptoms. Ophthalmologist should be aware of conditions like func...

Pregnancy is often associated with ocular changes which may be more commonly transient but occasionally, permanent. It may be associated with the development of new ocular conditions, or can exacerbate pre-existing conditions. The ocular effects of pregnancy may be physiological or pathological or may be modifications of pre-existing conditions. Adnexial changes include chloasma, spider angioma...

OBJECTIVE To determine the causes and prevalence of ocular morbidity among primary school children in Ilorin, Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross sectional survey of primary school children in 10 randomly selected primary schools within Ilorin, Nigeria was carried out between July 2005 and January 2006. Relevant ocular history and basic ocular examinations were carried out on the children ...

CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS cardiac congenital defects cardiopathy, congenital DERMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS cutis, dysplastic, not including ectodermal dysplasia cutis, aplasia, skin atrophy GENITAL DISORDERS genital dysfunctions hypogenitalism, hypogonadism; small testes, microorchidism, hypoplastic scrotum male genitalia, modifications not including ambiguity cryptorchidism JOINT DISORDERS joint, mo...

Computer operators are at risk to develop health disorders related to prolonged computer use. We assessed the occupational risk factors for computer-related health disorders and evaluated health conditions of 939 Serbian computer operators. Musculoskeletal (55.8%), ocular (27.3%) and mental disorders (7.1%) were reported most frequently. Risk factors for health disorders, in both male and femal...

purpose : up to 70% of patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) have aids-related ocular involvements which may severely affect their quality of life caused by visual impairment. this study was designed to investigate the ocular manifestations in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv). methods : in this case series study, 41 hiv positive patients were investiga...