Identifier |
wh_ch15_p732_1 |
Title |
Walsh & Hoyt: History |
Creator |
Kathleen B. Digre, MD |
Affiliation |
Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology, Director of Neuro-Ophthalmology, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah School of Medicine |
Subject |
Autonomic Nervous System; Pupil; Accommodation, Ocular; Tears; Diagnoses; Examinations; History |
Description |
Excessive drying of the eyes occurs in several settings, including reduced production, increased evaporation, and excessive drainage of tears. Epiphora excessive tearing also occurs under several different circumstances, including increased production of tears, an obstructed lacrimal drainage system, or excessive dryness of the eyes caused by a deficiency of normal basal tearing from hypofunction of the glands of Krause and Wolfring. In this last setting, the excess tearing is reflexive in nature and results from stimulation of the primary lacrimal gland in response to dryness and irritation of the cornea. Indeed, epiphora and irritation from dry eyes is one of the most common ocular problems in the United States and the world. |
Date |
2005 |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Type |
Text |
Source |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition |
Relation is Part of |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology |
Collection |
Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu |
Publisher |
Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia |
Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890 |
Rights Management |
Copyright 2005. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s65176ph |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_whts |
ID |
186354 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65176ph |