#ophthalmologist

[sirbobpignoni]

[youcandalekmyballs]

oops. i said my tumblr beliefs out loud at work.

if a person is in prison, and their dr recommends them for a procedure (in this case, corneal cross-linking), the government should have to pay for it, right? it doesn't matter that it's expensive (that's a story for another day) because at least 2 drs filled out the proper paperwork and therefore clearly think the pt could benefit from it.

should the government have to pay for (non-emergency) surgery for an inmate?

yes

no

Voting ended onAug 26, 2025

sorry, no nuance button. more on my actual argument below.

my coworker posited that we (the taxpayers) shouldn't have to pay for this surgery. i argued that because poc are more likely to be put in jail, the government not paying for surgeries like this disproportionately impacts poc. i was told that wasn't part of what she was arguing, so i said i didn't trust the legal system to correctly convict people. my coworker said that wasn't what she was arguing, either, so i gave up because she clearly has her mind made up.

[mias-playground]

Ophthalmologist and humanitarian Dr. Patricia Era Bath (1942-2019) was the first African-American woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical purpose. A holder of five patents she also founded the non-profit American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness in Washington. At Wikipedia

[mimi-0007]

Patricia Era Bath (November 4, 1942 – May 30, 2019) was an American ophthalmologist and humanitarian. She became the first female member of the Jules Stein Eye Institute, the first woman to lead a post-graduate training program in ophthalmology, and the first woman elected to the honorary staff of the UCLA Medical Center. Bath was the first African-American to serve as a resident in ophthalmology at New York University. She was also the first African-American woman to serve on staff as a surgeon at the UCLA Medical Center. Bath was the first African-American woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical purpose. A holder of five paten she founded the non-profit American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness in Washington, D.C.

[serenitynerd]

Interesting eye information regards to glasses wearing for children

I discovered a few years ago from my ophthalmologist(a university professor and surgeon) who checks my retina every 6 months because I am so nearsighted that the eye has grown so much that it's thinned my retina dangerously, that had I been told as a child AKA while I was physically developing AKA my eye physically developing to only wear my glasses when I absolutely needed them that I wouldn't have this extent of a problem. Because no one else in my family does. It's not a familial genetic thing. Apparently because I wore my glasses at all times even when it didn't strictly speaking need them because my vision wasn't that bad back then, it kept making the eye compensate in a way I'm not sure I know how to work articulate. But it kept making the eye grow more and more the more it grew the stronger the lens got and the worse the growth of the eye became so the stronger the lens got etc etc

So as an adult absolutely wear your glasses. But when you're developing As a child apparently wear them only as needed but make sure to take breaks. I don't know what the exact protocol is but if you're a parent or if you're younger then please speak to an optometrist or ophthalmologist knowledgeable in such things. But when I was young in nobody knew this. Le sigh

[curiositysavesthecat]

Can you voluntarily unfocus/refocus your eyes when looking at something up close?

Yes and I wear glasses/contacts

Yes and I do not wear glasses/contacts (my eyes don't need them)

Yes and I SHOULD wear glasses/contacts (never start wearing them)

No and I wear glasses/contacts

No and I do not wear glasses/contacts (my eyes don't need them)

No and I SHOULD wear glasses/contacts (never start wearing them)

Sometimes and I wear glasses/contacts

Sometimes and I do not wear glasses/contacts (my eyes don't need them)

Sometimes and I SHOULD wear glasses/contacts (never start wearing them)

Voting ended onSep 7, 2024

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[foxsketch6543]

POV: You’re at the eye doctor’s appointment

[heardatmedschool]

“I have a stye in my first day of ophthalmology. Coincidence? I think not.”