health and disorders of 68
how the eye “sees” 67
lens 100
overview 65–69
physics of vision 67–68
retina 113
structures 65
traditions in medical history
68–69
eyeglasses 67, 83, 109
eyelids
blepharitis 74
blepharoplasty 75
blepharospasm 75
chalazion 79
cicatricial pemphigoid 79
ectropion 87
entropion 87
hordeolum 96
orbital cellulitis 106
ptosis 110
xanthelasma 124
xanthoma 211
eye pain 85, 89–90, 89 t
eye patch 72, 81
eye strain 90
F
face 373
facelift. Seerhytidoplasty
facial nerve 49, 53, 228–229, 246,
247 t
facioscapulohumeral muscular
dystrophy 337, 338t
failed back surgery syndrome
(FBSS) 327
farsightedness. Seehyperopia;
presbyopia
fascia 294, 321,349–350
fat. Seeadipose tissue
fat emboli 346
fatigue. Seechronic fatigue
syndrome
fbn1gene 335
FBSS (failed back surgery
syndrome) 327
FDA. SeeUS Food and Drug
Administration
female pattern alopecia 137
femoral hernia 325
femur 330
fetus 303
feverfew 366, 377
fibrillin 1 335
fibrinogens 127
fibromyalgia 321–322, 385
fibula 301, 330
filiform papillae 26
finasteride (Propecia) 137
finger 210, 350, 357
fingernails 129, 167
Fitzpatrick skin type 158, 158 t
flashes 91
flat bones 309
flexibility 300, 365, 366
flexural psoriasis 188
floaters 74, 91,113, 124
fluorescein staining 81, 91,104,
108
focal seizures 281
folic acid 16, 217, 282, 355
follicles. Seehair follicles
folliculitis 158–159
food safety 248, 249
foot 297, 349–350, 358
Achilles tendon injury 297, 298
foot drop 319
forebrain 230–231
foreign objects in the ear or nose
24, 47
fovea 113
fracture 322–323
bone 309
bone cancer 309
bone density 310
dislocations 320
hip fracture in older adults 327
osteoporosis 346
RICE 353
sprains and strains 356
freckles. Seelentigines
Friedrich ataxia 226
frontal lobe 231t, 242
frostbite 159–160, 159 t
functional limitations 67
fungal infection 179, 204–205
furuncle 160G
gag reflex 25
ganglion 267
gangrene 144, 159, 323
gas-permeable contact lens 83, 99
gastroesophageal reflux disorder
(GERD) 18, 45
gastrointestinal bleeding 368
Gehrig, Lou 224
gene mutation. Seemutation
gene therapy 296
genetic counseling 256
genetic disorders
achondroplasia 298CMT disease 317–318
ichthyosis 166
Marfan syndrome 335–336
muscular dystrophy 337–339
myopathy 340
myotonia 340
neurofibromatosis 269
nevus 178
osteogenesis imperfecta
342–343
osteopetrosis 344–345
polydactyly 350, 350
skeletal dysplasia 355
syndactyly 357
genetic predisposition 222
genetics and molecular medicine
296
genetic testing 136, 155
GERD. Seegastroesophageal reflux
disorder
germline mutations 114
giant-cell arteritis 98
giant congenital nevus 178
gingivitis 25
ginkgo biloba 223, 244
glaucoma 92–94, 93 t
cataract 78
eye pain 90
eyes 67
Graves’s ophthalmopathy 94
intraocular pressure 97
mydriasis 100
ocular herpes zoster 103
tonometry 119
glial cells 230
globus pallidus 274
glossitis 25
glossopharyngeal nerve 49, 53
glucosamine 366
glucose 77, 285, 377
glutamate 224
gonorrhea 80
goose bumps 160–161
gout 323–324, 324 t
grade 1 braille code 75
grade 1 sprain 355–356
grade 2 sprain 356
grade 3 sprain 356
grade 4 sprain 356
graft vs. host disease 173
granuloma telangiectaticum 161
Graves’s disease 88, 94–95
Graves’s ophthalmopathy 88,
94–95, 119
gray matter 216, 283, 284
greenstick fracture 322402 Index