Intimation for Weekly Seminar - 07/11/2012

Date and Time: 07/11/2012, Wednesday, 02:00 pm

Presentations from: Dept. of Salakyatantra , Govt. Ayurveda College, Thiruvananthapuram

Moderator: Dr. Madhuri Devi, Professor and HOD, Dept. of Salyatantra

A CASE STUDY ON PTOSIS

Sicylet.K,
Dept. of Salakyathantra, Govt.Ayurveda college ,Thiruvananthapuram

Ptosis is the medical term for drooping of upper eyelid. It occurs when the muscle that raise the eyelid are not strong enough to do so properly. It may also occur due to the malfunctioning of nerves controlling the lid muscles & as complication of vascular diseases such as diabetes. It can effect one eye or both eyes & is more common in the elderly patients. Ptosis does not improve with time and requires accurate management. If left untreated it can permanently damage vision by forcing the unaffected eye to do all the work while letting the affected eye degenerate. Correcting of ptosis should be done only after determining the primary cause. 

In our classics the disease vatahata is mentioned as an asadhya roga. But many of the patients with the same complaint have shown marked improvement by the proper management in our department. This paper includes such a case of ptosis which showed marked improvement with ayurvedic management.

MYOPIA AND ITS AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT

Shiny N, 

Dept. of Salakyathantra, Govt.Ayurveda college ,Thiruvananthapuram

Refractive errors is a very common eye disorder, a frequent reason for reduced visual acuity. Among them, myopia is the most commonest one predominantly seen during childhood and early adolescence. Myopia is a condition in which the patient had difficulty in seeing distant objects along with blurring of vision. So many factors are there in supporting aetiologies, but in fact these hypotheses are not proven successfully. Recent studies have shown that scientists have isolated the gene responsible for myopic people. Simple and Pathological varieties of myopia are more commonly seen in our OPds. 

This paper also contains ayurvedic management using internal and local medicines. Eye exercises play an important role in toning up of eye muscles. Pathya aharas and viharas said in our classics also helps in improving vision.