THE CHOKED DISC.

The title appears weird, oft so bemusing and bewildering,

Common man is perplexed, so too  the medical fraternity,

Worried faces in gloom as one hears of this in full swing,

Medicos, neurologist, the oculists all summoned in unity.

They do meet eye to eye, oft when the diagnosis in doubt.

The persons, of any age, young or old, no sex is immune,

Intractable headache for a protracted time reigns instead,

 Patients all in distress, the medicos in all choked in vain.

 

Many a time a common plight, opinions differ and dither, 

Neurologist claims a  lesion in brain, none refutes too.

Scan, screening reveals a doubt, none certifying for sure,

Oculists joins the chorus scoping, hoping  a fundus review.

 

Choked disc in medical parlor is Papilloedema’s nick name,

Cerebrospinal fluid in brain, has a block in its smooth drain, 

Causing the headache, an Achilles’ heel for medical team, 

Pupils behave normally, vision not in stress ,patients in pain. 

Clinical sign spins around the Optic disc, portends a picture,

Nerve head in swell, veins engorged, in dismay, oft in bleed,

Artery in question  pulsate  on demand, a gloomy picture, 

Tumor in sight or a hypertension may reveal the true creed.

 

All said and done, a bed side aid  revels at the zero hour, 

Oculists’ armamentarium  for help  on an urgent demand,

You can trust your own eyes, to decide the cause for sure,

 A noble tool oft ignored, yet it reigns  for a shrewd reward.