Mydriasis is an accompaniment of:
a. coma.
b. diabetes.
c. hyperopia.
d. astigmatism.
A
Coma patients always have mydriasis, which occurs when the pupils are dilated more than 6 mm. Diabetes may cause a coma, but not mydriasis. Hyperopia is a condition of infants, describing their visual acuity as at or worse than 20/400 . Astigmatism affects the shape of the lens, not the pupils.
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