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The EYE : The Mirror Of The SoulMohamed Abdelmongy Misr University for Science and Technology MBBCh Candidate

For many years people says the eye is the mirror of the soul.

As that the eyes can tell us much about a person.

Just by looking into the eyes !The pupil (Ecklard hess 1975).

Now, Check your friend pupil !

Crying is in most of cultures around the world as indicators for extreme happiness and sadness.

Eyes of the animals.

Anatomy of the eye

An Eye Exam May Be Life-Saving !

A potential stroke is just one of the health conditions that might be visible in the eyes.

diabetes, high blood pressure, autoimmune diseases, sexually transmitted diseases and some cancers can be detected during an eye exam.

Eyes: The Windows to Your Healthfifty year old man came to his ophthalmologist for a routine annual eye exam, and walked out with something he wasnt expecting!

by fundus examination the ophthalmologist saw a microscopic clot in the blood vessels of his retina, So he reffer the patient to an urgent follow-up with his cardiologist.

The follow-up by cardiologist revealed some thing interesting !

a much bigger mass residing in his carotid artery, putting him at high risk for a stroke.

Why ?That's because the eye is the only place in the body where a doctor can have an unobstructed view of our blood vessels, nerves and connecting tissue without any need for surgery.

For example,ophthalmologists often detect diabetes during the fundus examination by : observingchanges or damage in the blood vessels of the retina, known as diabetic retinopathy.

In these cases, the disease may show up in the eye tissue even before it does in a blood sugar test.

So, Thanks to early detection during eye exams, people diagnosed in this beginning stage of diabetes potentially can avoid vision loss and other serious complications.

Loss of side vision, which can be a symptom of glaucoma and brain tumor.

It can map back to a problem in certain regions of the brain, indicating a stroke, head trauma, tumor, or brain bleed.

Unknown Headache,The only presenting symptom for diagnosis some brain tumors, from the eye examination.Diagnosis of toxic goiter from exophthalmous.

Eye Exams: How Often and What to Expect?The American Academy of Ophthalmology recommends all people get abaseline eye examfrom an ophthalmologist . (for children, adult under 40 years , above 40 ).

But, If you have an eye disease or a risk factor for developing one, such as diabetes, high blood pressure or a family history of eye disease more and more visit as the doctor will tell the patient.

Adults age above 60 should have a comprehensive eye exam every 6 month.

An eye exam is a relatively simple and comfortable procedure, The eye doctor should check:medical historyvisual acuitypupilsside visioneye movementprescription for corrective lenseseye pressureThe front part of your eyethe retina and optic nerve

As a patient.As a medical student.As a doctor.As an ophthalmologist.As a government.

Eyes is a Very Precious Gift from the GOD For Everyone In the World.

References :-pupmedAmerican academy of ophthalmologyhttps://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/diagnosing-systemic-diseases-eye-examshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPAbANevTqMhttps://health.clevelandclinic.org/2014/01/your-eyes-a-window-to-your-health/The Wills Eye Manual