You could have a clogged or occluded nasolacrimal duct. The tears are produced by the lacrimal glands on the upper/outer area of the eye, wash across the eyeball and go into the small hole on the inner aspect of the lower eyelid. This is the opening for the nasolacrimal duct which carries the tears into the nose. If it becomes blocked for any reason the tears have nowhere to go except down your cheek. It can be flushed out by an ENT doctor.
Social Security offers two types of benefits for person's who qualified under their guidelines which pertain to the mentally or physically impaired. Social Security Disability and Supplemental Security Income. Information and a "test" to determine the possibility of qualifying for one or both can be found at http://www.ssa.gov
When my daughter was young she would tell me that the red colour in Target stores made her feel like she wanted to faint. She is now in her teens and no longer complains of it. I often wondered what it meant.
In diabetic retinopathy, the retinopathy is the manifestation.
There are inner lenses within your eyes that actually move and change in order to focus from short distance to long distance, this is typically involuntary since no one physical thinks about how the eyes focus in order to actually do so. As you get older your lenses take a shape which are suitable for the range of sight you typically use. In some cases a persons lenses will be ill adjusted and require glasses or contacts in order to see better, as a result of short-sightedness, farsightedness, or astigmatism
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VISION USA « Optometry Cares - The AOA Foundation, then select, "How to Apply", click on state run programs.The damaged retinal blood vessels and other retinal changes are visible to an eye doctor when an examination of the retina (fundus exam) is done. This can be done using a hand-held instrument called an ophthalmoscope.