However, in optic nerve hypoplasia, there is a marked reduction in the complement of fibers. It makes excellent sense that the high blood sugar in some diabetic women leads to high Bax production, which in turn overinduces apoptosis, leading to underdevelopment of the optic nerve and impaired vision. What is particularly frightening is that optic-nerve hypoplasia probably represents the tip of an iceberg of other congenital brain defects that are even more difficult to ascertain. In short, this condition calls for investigation into whether the person most in need of treatment is the doctor. Whenever that happens, my blood pressure reading is sharply elevated.
Real pain is stressful and unnecessary.
I also find it infuriating. Wash. Nobody who has entered a physician's office in a timely fashion and then spent 2 hours in a crowded waiting room with squally brats sneezing fungus all over him is surprised by a blood pressure spike when he is finally approached by a physician. The surprising thing is that the incidence of white-coat nasal contusion syndrome is as low as it is. All letters subject to editing.