All about Your Eyes, Second Edition, revised and updated (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

A concise, easy-to-understand reference book, the revised and updated second edition of All about Your Eyes tells you what you need to know to care for your eyes and what to expect from your eye doctor. In this reliable guide, leading eye care experts:* explain eye anatomy and how healthy eyes work* describe various eye diseases, including pink eye, cataract, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, and diabetic retinopathy* provide up-to-date information on surgeryFor each eye problem, the authors describe in simple, straightforward language:* what it is* the symptoms* what, if anything, you can do to prevent it* when to call the doctor* diagnostic tests and treatment* the likelihood of recoveryAll about Your Eyes includes a glossary of technical terms and, following each entry, links to websites where further information may be found.Contributors. Natalie A. Afshari, MD, Rosanna P. Bahadur, MD, Paramjit K. Bhullar, MD, Faith A. Birnbaum, MD, Cassandra C. Brooks, MD, Pratap Challa, MD, Melissa Mei-Hsia Chan, MBBS, Ravi Chandrashekhar, MD, MSEE, Nathan Cheung, OD, FAAO Claudia S. Cohen, MD, Vincent A. Deramo, MD, Cathy DiBernardo, RN, Laura B. Enyedi, MD, Sharon Fekrat, MD, Henry L. Feng, MD, Brenton D. Finklea, MD, Anna Ginter, MD, Tanya S. Glaser, MD, Michelle Sy Go, MD, MS, Mark Goerlitz-Jessen, MD, Herb Greenman, MD, Abhilash Guduru, MD, Preeya Gupta, MD, Renee Halberg, MSW, LCSW, S. Tammy Hsu, MD, Alessandro Iannaccone, MD, MS, FARVO, Charlene L. James, OD, Kim Jiramongkolchai, MD, Michael P. Kelly, FOPS, Muge R. Kesen, MD, Kirin Khan, MD, Wajiha Jurdi Kheir, MD, Jane S. Kim, MD, Jennifer Lira, MD, Katy C. Liu, MD, PhD, Ramiro S. Maldonado, MD, Ankur Mehra, MD, Priyatham S. Mettu, MD, Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, MD, MHS, Nisha Mukherjee, MD, Kenneth Neufeld, MD, Kristen Peterson, MD, James H. Powers, MD, S. Grace Prakalapakorn, MD, MPH, Michael Quist, MD, Leon Rafailov, MD, Roshni Ranjit-Reeves, MD, Nikolas Raufi, MD, William Raynor, BS, Cason Robbins, BS, Ananth Sastry, MD, Dianna L. Seldomridge, MD, MBA, Terry Semchyshyn, MD, Ann Shue, MD, Julia Song, MD, Brian Stagg, MD, Christopher Sun, MBBS, Anthony Therattil, BS, Daniel S.W. Ting, MBBS, Fay Jobe Tripp, MS, OTR/L, CLVT, CDRS, Obinna Umunakwe, MD, PhD, Lejla Vajzovic, MD, Susan M. Wakil, MD, C. Ellis Wisely, MD, MBA, Julie A. Woodward, MD

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 255
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781478021209
• Artikelnr.: 66282630

Autorenporträt

Sharon Fekrat, Tanya S. Glaser, and Henry L. Feng, editors

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations  xiii
Foreword  xiv
Introduction  1
1. Anatomy of the Eye and How It Works  3
2. Preventive Eye Care  15
3. Why Do I Need Glasses?  20
4. Options for Correcting Vision  28
5. Eyelids and Eyelashes  36
6. Conjunctiva and Sclera  53
7. The Cornea  60
8. Lens and Cataract  74
9 Age-Related Macular Degeneration  83
10. Diabetic Retinopathy  87
11. Other Conditions of the Retina and Choroid  89
12. Infection and Inflammation of the Eye  126
13. Tumors of the Eye and Orbit  131
14. The Optic Nerve  139
15. The Eye Muscles  154
16. The Orbit  159
17. Eye Injury  163
18. Systemic Diseases the Affect Vision and the Eye  176
19. Cosmetic Eyelid Surgery  197
20. Living with Visual Impairment  201
21. What Tests May the Doctor Order?  210
Appendix: How to Put in Eye Drops  17
Glossary  219
Contributors  229
Index  233