Scott’s Spiel

So this is what my eyes currently look like. It’s not the greatest photo but I think you can still clearly see the difference in pupil size. Something like this would probably be taken as a sign of some quite bad problems in a patient. Thankfully however, this was brought on by the wonderful actions of tropicamide (0.5% - an antimuscarinic for all those that care).

Basically the point of lab this morning (possibly the best in a while) was to get us to use ophthalmoscope for the first time. This involved making everyone having one very dilated eye and the other with which to examine someone else’s very dilated eye. I now want an ophthalmoscope, purely because it’s the best thing I’ve used since a tendon hammer. Unfortunately they start at £80 so probably not until I actually need it.

The downside of one dilated eye and one responsive is that reading/writing or anything involving near vision (the pupils should contract for near vision but the tropicamide paralyses the ciliary muscles responsible for this) was quite blurred and is only now coming back (2-3 hours later).

I’ve also finished my coursework (rejoice!) which was all about monoamines (again, for those who care). This means I can probably go to the rugby tomorrow as well as Hampden, providing I get my uniform and kit bag today.