Mitigating myopia in tuberculosis

Systemic tuberculosis presenting with acute transient myopia: a case report

INTRODUCTION Transient myopia has been reported to occur in a number of conditions, either ocular in origin or associated with an underlying systemic cause. We present a rare case of this abnormality occurring in the setting of systemic tuberculosis. CASE PRESENTATION A 29-year-old Indian woman presented with sudden onset blurred distance vision and fever. Examination revealed visual acuity o...

Mitigating Financial Burden of Tuberculosis through Active Case Finding Targeting Household and Neighbourhood Contacts in Cambodia

BACKGROUND Despite free TB services available in public health facilities, TB patients often face severe financial burden due to TB. WHO set a new global target that no TB-affected families experience catastrophic costs due to TB. To monitor the progress and strategize the optimal approach to achieve the target, there is a great need to assess baseline cost data, explore potential proxy indicat...

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Myopia and personality: the genes in myopia (GEM) personality study.

PURPOSE A long-held view among the medical and broader community is that people who are short-sighted (myopic persons) have distinctive personality characteristics such as introversion and conscientiousness. However, existing research on this question is flawed, and its findings are inconsistent. The authors therefore aimed to determine whether myopia and personality are associated. METHODS T...

Myopia and Myopia Control: Options and Outlooks

Though myopia has been studied throughout history, the topic has gained significantly more attention over the past few decades. An internet search displays over 5 million results and over 15,000 articles written on the topic. Yet there is great debate as to the clinical efficacy of current methods in myopia control and our duty as physicians to incorporate a means of intervention into our treat...