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Shridhar Chillal (born 29 January 1937) is an Indian man from the city of Pune, who held the world record for the longest fingernails ever reached on a single hand, with a combined length of 909.6 centimeters (358.1 inches). Chillal's longest single nail was his thumbnail, which measured 197.8 centimeters (77.87 inches).
Nyctalopia (/ ˌ n ɪ k t ə ˈ l oʊ p i ə /; from Ancient Greek νύκτ-(núkt-) 'night' ἀλαός (alaós) 'blind, invisible' and ὄψ (óps) 'eye'), [1] also called night-blindness, is a condition making it difficult or impossible to see in relatively low light. It is a symptom of several eye diseases.
Night blindness can be caused by a number of factors the most common of which being vitamin A deficiency. If detected early enough nyctalopia can be reversed and visual function can be regained; however; prolonged vitamin A deficiency can lead to permanent visual loss if left untreated.
Raphael shows Tobit's son, Tobias, how to use the gall of a fish to cure blindness; Tobias anoints his father's eyes with the gall, and he is healed. [12] In the Christian New Testament, Jesus performs a miraculous healing of the blind on several occasions: All three synoptic gospels give an account of Jesus healing the blind near Jericho. In ...
Adie's pupil, which fails to constrict in response to light; aniridia, which is absence of the iris; and albinism, where the iris is defectively pigmented, may also cause this. Central cataracts , due to the lens clouding, disperses the light before it can reach the retina and is a common cause of hemeralopia and photoaversion in the elderly.
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Timothée Chalamet’s lauded transformation into rock icon Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown” was so complete, it went all the way down to his cuticles. The “Dune 2” actor, 28, ended ...
Pay close attention to how strong and think your nails are. Extremely thin nails may not be the best for acrylics. 4. It might be hard to spot, but infection below the nail bed can become all too ...