When undergoing swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) imaging of the lacrimal glands, eyes with dry eye disease (DED) portray more OCT artifacts than those without DED, according to ...

Symptoms of sialadenitis may include pain and swelling around the affected gland, fever, and pus that oozes from the gland. Sjögren’s disease (formerly called Sjögren’s syndrome) is an autoimmune ...

In some cases, the lesser petrosal nerve sometimes takes over the innervation of the lacrimal glands. Because the lesser petrosal nerve also innervates the salivary gland, when it takes on this extra ...

This transparent or translucent membrane lies beneath the eyelids and closes over the eye horizontally or diagonally to clean, protect, and moisten the cornea. Birds need to keep the surface of their ...

Dec. 3, 2024 — A research team has discovered that accumulated DNA damage in the retina is a key contributor to age-related macular degeneration and that targeting specific retinal cell types ...

Evidently, the eye cannot function properly without the eyelids and the lacrimal system. Herein, the definition of the ocular surface extends to include the ancillary structures - the eyelids and ...

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As someone with relatively normal under-eyes, I’ve never had much use for eye creams, even though they’ve always been touted as a must-have for anyone who was serious about their multistep ...

By Mekado Murphy ‘The Piano Lesson’ | Anatomy of a Scene The director Malcolm Washington narrates a sequence from his film, featuring Danielle Deadwyler. By Mekado Murphy ‘Emilia Pérez ...

1 College of Chinese Medicine, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, Jilin, China 2 Ophthalmology Department, Affiliated Hospital of Changchun University of Traditional Chinese Medicine ...