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Fluids Hypertension Syndromes – Dr. Leonardo Izecksohn – page 25
9- Suspected of Glaucoma is a patient with Optic Nerve’s cup diameter of 0.6 of the Optic Nerve
disk, (Cup/Disk ratio = 0.6), with:
- Deepness of 3 or 4 diopters (maximum), or
- Any visibility of the Lamina cribosa's pores, grades:
1 = feebly visible,
2 = well visible,
3 = perfectly visible.
10- Incipient Glaucoma is a patient with Optic Nerve’s cup diameter of 0.7 of the Optic Nerve
disk, (Cup/Disk ratio = 0.7), with:
- Deepness of 3 or 4 diopters (maximum), or
- Visibility of the Lamina cribosa pores, grade 3 (perfectly visible).
11- Advanced Glaucoma is a patient with Optic Nerve’s cup diameter of 0.8, 0.9 or 1 of the Optic
Nerve disk, (Cup/Disk ratio = 0.8, or 0.9, or 1.0), with:
- Deepness of 3 or 4 diopters (maximum), or
- Visibility of the Lamina cribosa pores, grade 3 (perfectly visible).
Usually his Optic Nerve´s aspect with the direct ophthalmoscope is the “bean pot” cupping.
12- Benign Intracranial Hypertension (Idiopathic Pseudo-tumor Cerebri) is the Cerebrospinal Fluid
Hypertension when there is an Optic Nerve’s disk edema of 1 diopter or bigger, with no medically
detectable etiology.
13- Measures:
Mercury millimeter (mmHg).
Milliliter (ml).
30 milliliter = 1 fluid ounce.
473 milliliter = 1 pint.
3,785 milliliter = 1 gallon.
1 Kilogram (Kg) = 2.2 pounds = 2.2 * 453 grams.
Diopter = Unit of measurement of the refractive power of lenses.
1 Meter = 3 feet and 3 inches = (3 * 12 + 3) * 2.54 cm
14- Abbreviations:
C/D = Cup/Disk ratio.
ON = Optic Nerve.
15- Sicknesses denominations: Although most of the mentioned aches, signs, symptoms and sicknesses
are acute or episodic, when they recur periodically for some months, the medical doctors usually
denominate them as “chronic”. When the physicians do not know their etiologies, they denominate
them as “allergic”, “idiopathic”, “primary” or “nervous”.
16- Caffeine poisoning, allergy, intoxication or intolerance: It is the pathogenic effect of the caffeine
in the patient. “The term “food intolerance” is used to denote reactions to food which do not involve a
known immune mechanism.” (Steinman H). Other authors denominate it as “caffeine allergy”, “caffeine
anaphylaxis”(Whalen R), “caffeine poisons”, "toxicant-induced loss of tolerance", and “cerebral
allergy”.
17- Risk factor, Etiology and Worsening factor:
- Risk factor or predisposing factor is the factor which presents statistical risk to cause some pathology.