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12 Responses to “ Picture Quiz: Newsweek ”

1. fluffy
   April 18th, 2008 at 1:03 am
   

   Does it have something to do with how that needle is uncomfortably close to the patient’s eye, and/or the non-neutral position she is lying in?

2. Aaron
   April 18th, 2008 at 1:19 am
   

   Maybe it’s the fact that two of the ‘Medical Uses’ of Botox it lists aren’t FDA approved? I assume that precludes them from being used medically?

3. Ollie
   April 18th, 2008 at 1:32 am
   

   Correct me if I am wrong, but it seems that the medical terms for “lazy eye” and “eyelid spasm” have been swapped around. That is, strabismus is the term for misalignment of the eyes (”lazy eye”) and blepharospasm is the term for eyelid spasm.

4. Pris
   April 18th, 2008 at 2:53 am
   

   Also, is cervical dystonia really a condition of the neck? I know nothing about medicin, but I thought the cervix was somewhere else.

5. Oliver Townshend
   April 18th, 2008 at 4:29 am
   

   A bit surprised Cerebal Palsy isn’t FDA approved. I thought it was the first use that Botox was developed for.

6. Carl
   April 18th, 2008 at 6:26 am
   

   “Cervix” is Latin for “neck”. Pris, you’re thinking of the “neck” of the uterus. Confusingly, both usages are correct.

7. Scott
   April 18th, 2008 at 7:02 am
   Official Comment

   Aaron,

   “Off Label” uses of medication aren’t illegal and — depending on the medication — are fairly common. Since it’s not FDA approved, it means that neither the company nor its drug reps can advertise that use.

   Pris,

   What Carl said. The top portion of the spine (roughly the bottom of the skull to the shoulders) is the “cervical spine.”

8. Timo
   April 18th, 2008 at 10:41 am
   

   Easy one… finally a picture quiz i can answer! Lazy eye is NOT belapharospasm – that’s an eyelid twitch. Strabismus is neither lazy eye nor eyelid spasm – lazy eye is amblyopia, which is just one eye not transferring its image to the brain, strabismus occurs when the gaze is not aligned, leading to double vision – usually caused by eye muscle problems.

9. Evan Waters
   April 18th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
   

   1) That’s not where it’s injected (that’s right on bone)

   2) The needle still seems to have the safety thingy attached

   3) Botox treatment does not work on elves.

10. Scott
    April 18th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
    Official Comment

    Evan,

    You’re right — the needle cap is still on. I totally missed that.

11. Chaim
    April 19th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
    

    “Correct me if I am wrong, but it seems that the medical terms for “lazy eye” and “eyelid spasm” have been swapped around. That is, strabismus is the term for misalignment of the eyes (”lazy eye”) and blepharospasm is the term for eyelid spasm.”

    This is my answer too! It took me both hints to figure it out though.

12. Scott
    April 19th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
    Official Comment

    The answer — as many of you have figured out — is that the definitions of blepharospasm and strabismus were switched. Though Timo is also correct in that strabismus and lazy eye are not synonymous (lazy eye is more correctly “amblyopia”).

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