Floaters: Poems

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Uveitis. National Eye Institute. https://www.nei.nih.gov/learn-about-eye-health/eye-conditions-and-diseases/uveitishttps://www.nei.nih.gov/learn-about-eye-health/eye-conditions-and-diseases/uveitishttps://www.nei.nih.gov/learn-about-eye-health/eye-conditions-and-diseases/uveitis. Accessed May 26, 2022. Pathologies related to high myopia, in which light reaches a focus point before hitting the retina, causing blurry vision. They tend to move across your field of vision as you move your eyes around. and they seem to disappear or be difficult to see when you try to look at them directly. Floaters, Martín Espada's collection of poems that explore bigotry, protests and love, is the 2021 winner of the National Book Award in poetry. The title poem draws on a tragedy: the deaths of Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez, 25, and his young daughter, Angie Valeria, whose bodies were found in the water along the Rio Grande. If you have had a recent eye injury, migraine or an increase in blood pressure and you are experiencing more floaters than you usually would, you should book an appointment with an optician as soon as possible.

Retinal detachment:sometimes the retina pulls away from the tissue around it and a vitrectomy makes it easier for the doctor to get to the retina to repair it. Mr. Howland: And that can cause blindness, which is why it's especially important to have a dilated eye exam within days of noticing new floaters or changes in vision. Most eye floaters don't require treatment, but your eye doctor likely will recommend regular eye exams to ensure the condition doesn't worsen. Vintage Espada―essential, topical, political, irrepressible; in his poems, mercy acquires muscle and close attention confers value―reminding us that protest and praise rise from the same source. Such eloquence in comradeship, elegy and homage to those who lit the path, and, oh, a fresh bounty of love poems, written 'not in lust but in astonishment.'"- Eleanor Wilner

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Poems in this volume are often based on actual events, in Espada’s life, his parents’ lives, in Boston, Brooklyn, Italy and France. My favorite is his poem in the volume ‘Letter to My Father’. Although your body enters a level of physical relaxation that is even deeper than sleep, in the float pod your mind remains awake and dreamily alert, just above the threshold of sleep. Large areas of the brain are suddenly liberated from their normal workload of processing signals from the nervous system and sense organs. There is a sharp drop in the level of electrical activity of the brain (measured on an EEG) from the usual 20-25 Hz down to 4-8 Hz. EEG readings show a slow, rhythmic wave pattern known as the theta state. San Diego has the reputation of being "America's Finest City," and it lives up to that reputation in m.any ways--sparkling bodies of water, wide beaches, abundant vegetation--but there is a seamier side to the city, as there is to most cities today. Behind the warm weather and glitter of new buildings lies a world of prostitutes and pimps, sailing fanatics and those with money to burn on the sport, and a not always sterling police force. This seamy side is the focus of this novel. Although I was drawn to the book by nostalgia for my years in San Diego, I closed the book with my impressions of the city definitely tainted. Eye floaters can be frustrating and adjusting to them can take time. Once you know the floaters will not cause any more problems, over time you may be able to ignore them or notice them less often. A similar condition is a retinal tear, when the vitreous pulls on the retina and causes it to tear rather than detach. This can progress into a full retinal detachment.

Charles S. Vitreous. In: Vaughan & Asbury's General Ophthalmology. 19th ed. The McGraw-Hill Companies; 2018. http://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com. Accessed May 27, 2022. Vitrectomy: surgery to remove some or all of the vitreous humour from the eye and replace it with a saline solution. This procedure is performed as a last resort as it is a high-risk operation, and could lead to infection, bleeding in the eye or retinal detachment.The best way to identify floaters and their causes is to have an eye test at least every two years. If you experience floaters, let your optometrist know. Tell them how long you have had them, and whether you have had eye surgery or an eye injury. Still have questions about floaters? Some of my favorite poems were in the middle section, elegies and memorials for departed friends and mentors. I've not read Espada before, but I will be reading more. A healthy diet can also help protect your eye health. Foods such as salmon, and other fatty fishes provide omega-3 fatty acids that can help prevent vision problems. Leafy green vegetables and citrus fruits can also help promote good eye health. There is no link between floaters and macular disease. Macular disease affects the tissues lying under the retina, while floaters occur when there is damage within the eye. It is impossible to predict or prevent floaters. Floaters may occur due to inflammation in the eye (uveitis); eye infection; short-sightedness (myopia); cataract surgery; diabetes or ageing. What else should I look out for?