Reading about herpetic eye infections: rose bengal stain is used to diagnose ripped/non-vital/dysplastic regions in the preocular tear film; the one we strip away in chlorine pools; the lubricating coat of the cornea that is impaired in chronic dry eye. It has been replaced by fluorescein and lissamine green, both of which are cleared by the eye with minimal toxicity. In honor of Toulouse-Lautrecs birthday (24 November 1864), whose palate verges on the point of being lurid, I had to remind myself to investigate this dye with the mythical name. Au Salon de la rue des Moulins? The artist has a bone disorder named after him, a lysosomal storage disorder differing from the normal type by a single enzyme, cathepsin K, or pycnodysostosis. The metabolic wastes in the osteocytes are not cleared, and the bone does not (re)model properly, which is said to have contributed to his impaired growth after several falls.
Posted on: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 00:19:34 +0000
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