bilateral

bilateral /bi·lat·er·al/ (-lat´er-al) having two sides, or pertaining to both sides.

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bi·lat·er·al (b-ltr-l)

adj.

1. Having or formed of two sides; two-sided.

2. Having or marked by bilateral symmetry.

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Bilateral

Affecting both eyes.

Mentioned in: Retinoblastoma

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bilateral

[bilat′ərəl]

Etymology: L, bis + lateralis, side

1 having two sides.

2 occurring or appearing on two sides. A patient with bilateral hearing loss may have partial or total hearing loss in both ears.

3 having two layers.

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bilateral (bīlat´rl),

adj pertaining to both sides.

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bilateral

having two sides; pertaining to both sides.

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Patient discussion about bilateral.

Q. My child, who has dypraxia, passed both TOVA & BRC. Help, I don't want to put him on ritalin but feel pres Since age 4 my child has received OT, ST and Physiotherpy. He is now 81/2 and has difficulties at school. Last year, after years of therapy, we went to a private Neuro Developmental Physiotherapist and she diagnosed him with Dyspraxia. I thought that my son was good at sport, but when she asked him to do the simplest of task like stand on one leg, or walk one foot infront of the other, he had great difficulty. He has diffculty processing information or thoughts and turning them into actions. This is especially evident in copying from the blackboard. His handwriting is extremely poor, even after many years, at much expence, of intense OT. His attention span is very poor, he daydreams and shuts down in class. The slightest noise, knock on the door, ticking clock etc wil break his concentration. He has passed both TOVA and BRC test, yet I am still under pressure from the school to put him on ritalin. I feel his concentration & attention problems are due to his Dyspraxia. Help

A. Hello I dont no if this will help you, My son has been told he MAY have mild dyspraxia but at the end of the day my son is a great kid with so much to give and lots of love with in him, I suggest that you stay away from ritalin it will only sedate your son, he will not be himself he will become a child with no spirit.

I no an American lady who lived in the uk at the time and used ritalin the out come was that she regretted using it on her daughter as she had lost her real child due to the drug.

Our Children are a Gift, enjoy them and grow with them but most of all let them grow with you. Enjoy the gift you have before its the one thing that you get for life.

Being a Parent is the most Under payed job in the world but our richness is payed back to us in love. We Parents are richer then we could ever dream....

Q. I am Maya,I had stress both at work and in my personal life. I am Maya, a Civil Engineer working in a construction company. I had stress both at work and in my personal life. As a result, at the age of 30, I developed fibromyalgia. I could not meet my target of 8 hours sleep due to work stress and I had to forgo 2 hours of my sleep every day. Somehow, I would try to make it during weekends by sleeping 7-9 hours a night. After a year of this, I suddenly developed a pain in the shoulder and shooting pains in my arms, hands and fingers. My muscles became tight as if it was being tied to the rock and I felt weak. I cannot quit my job though, as I had to meet my commitments. Does work pressure and stress fuel up fibromyalgia?

A. Hi, I wish you the best in learning to deal with your condition. AS most of us that suffer know distrubed sleep is one of the symptoms of fibromyalgia. The pain awakes you or when you wake you feel as if you haven't slept. There for the chronic fatigue. But with learning to deal with your illness, working with your doctor to find out what treatment works best for you, you can and will learn to cope. You will realize you have "limits" that weren't there before and you will adjust to meet these. For someone that had suffered from the worse of my symptoms for the last 4 years I feel stress is a VERY large trigger for me. I can feel the difference in my body and the pain when I am under a lot of stress. I encourage you to find support, to try to outline ways to get things done that do not rush and stress you. Hot/warm baths, resting when you can and you need too. Realizing your new "limits" and not overdoing when ever possible. Good Luck!
best,

Q. Is there a laser vision correction operation that will correct both near and farsightedness? My optometrist said that typical laservision would require that I wear glasses for reading since it only corrects farsightedness. I'm leery of the technique of doing only one eye for distance and leaving the other "as is" for reading. I seem to recall a brief news report of some new laser vision technique that corrects both near- and farsightedness. Is that true or were they referring to the "one eye for closeup and one eye for distance" type of correction that I'm skeptical about? Thanks!!

A. my mother-in-law had that done about a yeara ago,for both near and far,they make them the oppisite,i had my near sightness fixed two years ago and i love it should of done it sooner.....