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Call for Help

Hello to all who may read this! FoodPuma (me!) is an AP Biology student currently working on the Osteochondritis page. My goal is to bring this page up to "Good Article" status as a substitute for a end-of-term research paper. I adopted the OCD page for it's relevance to my personal life - I have had surgery on both knees for Osteochondritis Dissecans, am in schedule for another surgery on my right knee and for an MRI of my left ankle to see if I have the same condition in that joint too. As you can tell, I choose this article for it's connection to my everyday life. PLEASE!, if you have any comments, suggestions, criticism, ideas (or just want to help me in my quest) then stop by Talk: Osteochondritis and leave a note! Thank you for reading this and feel free to stop by our AP Biology Homepage too - Wikipedia:WikiProject AP Biology 2008. --FoodPuma (talk) 20:59, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

deep coma for a 2.5 years old child

Assalam alikom Hi everybody, am not a doctore but i am a mother whose 2.5 years old child exposed to a drawning accedent a month ago, he stayed under the water for a while before anyone noticed (from 5 to 20 minutes), then some people made wrong first aid to him ,then it took a long time untill he reaches the ER (about 15 minutes) where they made his heart beats again & he was admjited to the pico for 30 days now, sorry am not a doctor so am not using scintefic terms right, his brain degree (dont know what u call it) is 3, his eye pupil is sometimes responding & other times not !! he is brathing via michanical netilator in which somtimes he has spontanious breathing other times not!! also he is feeling the pain manytimes, especialy when the nurses r doing suction & inserting the tubes inside his nose or mouse, i notice his pain as his feets r contracting . his hands r grasping (somtimes very tight other times loose) when i put my finger inside his small hand..!!! I realy need help if anyone has experience in such cases plz help us..

he is in Jeddah , KSA & i trust his Doctor very much, but am asking cuz i think this is a strange case & i cant belive that he is clinicaly dead as many ppl say, ( depending on the fact that the max time for the brain to stay away from oxygen is 5 minutes) thank u for reading

plz send any info by email to email address removed —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.101.245.38 (talk) 19:24, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm very sorry to hear about your child. However, I'm afraid this is not the best place to get medical opinion, as the person answering may not have medical qualifications. Even the Reference Desk Wikipedia:Reference_desk, where one could direct factual questions, might not be the place to get a satisfactory answer to these very difficult questions. I would put this question straight to the doctors in charge of your child's care. This is an area where it is common to rely extensively on second opinions. Best of luck. JFW | T@lk 23:15, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Archived -- Bullock 23:37, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Bitemporal Hemianopsia and Binasal hemianopsia

Hi There,

I have noticed both on these pages and within text books that Bitemporal Hemianopsia and Binasal Hemianopsia seem to be incorrect. If damage to the central part of the Optic Chiasm exists, then it would be the crossing fibres affected. This would result in the loss of vision from the Nasal Retina of both eyes. The fibres of the Temporal Retinas would remain intact. This surely would result in Binasal Hemianopsia where the visual fields of the bilateral Nasal Retinas are affected. Please can you inform me as to how the current explanation exists.

Thank you in adavance.

Alan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.12.108.232 (talk) 12:30, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Try the reference desk. The chiasm contains fibres originating from the medial area of the retina, which receives light from the temporal area. Check again, it makes sense. JFW | T@lk 01:50, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Archived -- Bullock 23:40, 20 April 2010 (UTC)