What's the difference between blindness and xerophthalmia?

Blindness


Definition:

  • (n.) State or condition of being blind, literally or figuratively.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Clonazepam was added to the treatment of patients with poorly controlled epilepsy in a double-blind trial and an open trial.
  • (2) One rare case of blind-ending branch originating in the upper third of the ureter are described.
  • (3) We report the results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of acitretin (Soriatane) in 15 patients with moderate to severe psoriasis.
  • (4) In a double-blind, crossover-designed study, 9 male subjects (age range: 18-25 years) received 25 mg orally, four times per day of either S or an identically-appearing placebo (P) 2 d prior to and during HA.
  • (5) In a randomized double-blind study, 40 patients with coronary heart disease received intravenously either 0.025 mg nitroglycerin or placebo.
  • (6) Eighty micrograms of the topically active parasympatholytic drug ipratropium were applied intranasally four times daily in 20 adults with perennial rhinitis and severe watery rhinorrhoea in a double-blind controlled cross-over trial.
  • (7) The effect of ipratropium bromide administered at two dosage levels, 40 and 80 mug, isoproterenol, 150 mug, and placebo using a metered dose inhaler was evaluated in ten adult patients with asthma in a double-blind, crossover study.
  • (8) The epidemiological effectiveness of dipyridamol, an interferon-inducing agent used for the prevention of influenza and viral acute respiratory diseases, was tested in 4 epidemiological trials, 3 of them carried out as double blind trials.
  • (9) These lanes encourage cyclists to 'ride in the gutter' which in itself is a very dangerous riding position – especially on busy congested roads as it places the cyclist right in a motorist's blind spot.
  • (10) A randomised double-blind trial comparing this preparation with a so-called 'shotgun' combination containing 0.05% betamethasone 17-valerate, 0.1% gentamicin, 1.0% tolnaftate and 1.0% clioquinol in 288 patients in the Philippines resulted in a better efficacy for the diflucortolone preparation in the 80 patients with bacterially or mycotically infected skin diseases.
  • (11) Blinded outcomes of depression and cognition were measured initially and twice in each phase.
  • (12) Therefore, two-dimensional echocardiographic findings in 22 patients with perivalvular abscess found at surgery or necropsy were compared with those in 24 patients without abscess in a retrospective but blinded study.
  • (13) In a double-blind trial, 50 patients with subcostal incisions performed for cholecystectomy or splenectomy, received 10 ml of either 0.5% bupivacaine plain or physiological saline twice daily by wound perfusion through an indwelling drainage tube for 3 days after operation.
  • (14) In a double-blind, randomized, within-patient comparative study, the efficacy and tolerability of Ro 14-9706 (an arotinoid methyl sulfone) in the treatment of actinic keratoses was compared with that of tretinoin (all-trans-retinoic acid).
  • (15) Eighteen adult epileptic patients under CBZ therapy were evaluated in this single-blind, randomized cross-over study.
  • (16) A total of 17 patients suffering from musculoskeletal disease were included in a double blind study to compare the efficacy and safety of piroxicam and indomethacin.
  • (17) Each subject applied a vehicle cream containing 0.075% capsaicin (Axsain, GalenPharma Inc.) to a 4 cm2 area of skin on one volar forearm and vehicle alone to an identical treatment area on the other forearm, according to a double-blind procedure.
  • (18) A prospective, double-blind study was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of oral dexamethasone premedication in reducing a variety of side effects associated with metrizamide myelography.
  • (19) They then entered, on a randomized and double-blind basis, a cross-over trial of two 16-week periods, blood pressure being measured fortnightly.
  • (20) The design was a single-blind randomised controlled study.

Xerophthalmia


Definition:

  • (n.) An abnormal dryness of the eyeball produced usually by long-continued inflammation and subsequent atrophy of the conjunctiva.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We measured parasitemia, mortality, serum retinol, liver retinol, spleen weight, and degree of xerophthalmia in vitamin A-deficient rats (A-), pair-fed control rats (A+PF), and ad libitum-fed control rats (A+AL) infected with Plasmodium berghei, a rodent malarial parasite.
  • (2) Vitamin supplements, especially A, reverse defects associated with xerophthalmia.
  • (3) Since measles and xerophthalmia have frequently been associated, vitamin A supplementation for measles patients is recommended particularly for malnourished children.
  • (4) We describe our technique and experience in the prevention of xerophthalmia by organising a distinct entity called a xerophthalmia clinic in our eye camps.
  • (5) In conclusion, 17 of 23 children with persistent diarrhea had abnormal CIC results, significantly low serum retinol levels, and significantly high RDR results, although they had not yet manifested xerophthalmia.
  • (6) This ultimately produced nyctalopia, xerophthalmia and keratomalacia with bilateral corneal perforation.
  • (7) Xerophthalmia is a common complication of vitamin A deficiency in communities where malnutrition is found.
  • (8) Twenty two cases were studied for early detection of Xerophthalmia by impression cytology and Rose Bengal staining.
  • (9) All corneal cases in the study were accompanied by diarrhea and malnutrition, indicating xerophthalmia to be symptomatic of the whole spectrum of malnutrition.
  • (10) Xerostomia and xerophthalmia are common and potentially serious local side effects of radiotherapy for head and neck cancer.
  • (11) Risk of xerophthalmia was significantly higher for children from households without any of the indicators of relative wealth used.
  • (12) Village clustering of xerophthalmia would necessitate a twofold increase in sample size.
  • (13) A cross-sectional population based study was done to provide information on the extent to which xerophthalmia and trachoma contribute to blindness in the valley population.
  • (14) The case is described of a 36 years old woman with bilateral xerophthalmia secondary to his diet.
  • (15) 33 patients with scleroderma, xerostomia and xerophthalmia underwent biopsy of 3 to 5 labial salivary glands.
  • (16) The concentrations of retinol and of beta-carotene were measured in 742 children, including those with xerophthalmia and every twentieth of the remaining children.
  • (17) We describe a 67-year-old woman who had aspiration pneumonitis characterized by a nodular infiltrate in the right middle lobe of the lung and nocturnal coughing after beginning topical application of an ointment (Lacri-Lube) for treatment of xerophthalmia.
  • (18) Evaluation included a specific questionnaire for subjective xerophthalmia and xerostomia, slit-lamp eye examination after rose Bengal staining.
  • (19) It is suggested that xerophthalmia screening be made an essential component of routine medical check-up in schools with XN (night blindness with or without conjunctival xerosis) and XIB (Bitot's spots) used as criterion for screening to effectuate early detection and treatment of xerophthalmia.
  • (20) Xerophthalmia is no longer seen in Europe since the 19th century.

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