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3 Ear & Eye Flashcards

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Cholesteatoma

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Growth of squamous cell epithelium of middle ear

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Otosclerosis

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Abnormal bone remodeling of middle ear

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Presbycusis

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Age related hearing loss

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Caloric testing

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Cold water to external canal (will produce tonic eye deviation to side of cold water and horizontal nystagmus to opposite side)

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Otalgia

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Ear pain

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Otorrhea

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Ear discharge

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Hyperopia

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Far sightedness

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Myopia

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Near sightedness

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Astigmatism

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Refraction is unequal between eyes. May present as near or far sighted

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Presbyopia

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Slow loss of ability to see close or small print. Assoc with aging

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Scotoma

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Blind spot

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Myodesopia

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Perception of floaters

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Hemanopsia

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Blindness in half of visual field of one or both eyes

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Acute allergic/vernal conjunctivitis

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Bilateral swelling of conjunctiva and lids. Spring-summer

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Chronic allergic conjunctivitis

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Velvety projections on palpebral conjunctiva

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Giant papillary conjunctivitis

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allergy to soft contacts

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Viral conjunctivitis

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Assoc w adenovirus. 1-2 weeks

Could be HSV–> dendritic keratitis

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Bacterial conjunctivitis

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From staph or strep. Copious, thick purulent discharge.

From Neiserria or Chlamydia

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Trachoma

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Granular conjunctivitis from chlamydia throchoma

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Pinguecula

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Harmless, raided bumps of fatty deposits

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Pterygium

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Conjunctival thickening from wind, dust, occupational irritants

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Blepharospasm

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Spasm of lid

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Corneal ulcer.

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From HSV. Hutchinson sign

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Band keratopathy

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Calcified plaques over eye

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Arcus senilis

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Whitish deposits around limbus

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UV keratitis

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Cumulative damage to cornea. Snow blind.

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Acute uveitis

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Inflammation of uveal tract

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Ankylosing spondylitis

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Fusing of SI joint

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Cataracts

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Opacity of the lens with painless, progressive vision loss

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Acute closed angle glaucoma

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Emergency. Block of outflow channels in angle. Red eye.

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Chronic open angle glaucoma

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90% of cases.malfunction of eye’s drainage system. Assoc with aging

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Preseptal cellulitis

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Inflammation of eyelid/skin anterior to septum

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Orbital cellulitis

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Emergency. Infection of skin/muscles posterior to septum

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Retinal detachment

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Emergency. Painless dark floaters. Blurred vision.

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Posterior Retinal Detachment

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With age, vitreal gel collapses and pulls forward

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Diabetic retinopathy

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Venous dilation and small, red, well demarcated lesions–> macular edema

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Hypertensive retinopathy

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Vascular changes with htn

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Retinitis pigmentosa

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Inherited, slowly progressive, bilateral retinal degeneration

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Blepharitis

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Inflammation of lid margins–> itching, irritation, red eye

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Hordeolum

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Stye. Localized infection of eyelids involving sebaceous glands. Staph.

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Chalazion.

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Meibomian cyst.

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Entropion

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Lid inversion

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Ectropion

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Lid eversion.

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Dacryoadenitis

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Enlarged lacrimal gland on lateral aspect of eye

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Dacryocystitis

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Inflammation of lacrimal sac. Infants.

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Dacryostenosis

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Congenital narrowed lacrimal duct in neonates

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Acute otitis externa

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Itching, discharge, pain.

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Chronic otitis externa

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Follows seborrheic dermatitis, psoriasis, eczema, allergy, fungus

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Perichondritis

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Inflammation of ear cartilage

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Ear tumors

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Bcc, scc, sebaceous cysts, osteomas, gouty deposits

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Acute otitis media

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Strep, H flu, Moraxella. Throbbing pain, fever, tug on ear, irritable.

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Otitis media with effusion

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Chronic. Fluid in middle ear due to incomplete resolution of AOM

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Chronic suppurative otitis media

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Chronic inflammation, >6 weeks, TM peroration, otorrhea

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Myringitis

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Inflammation of TM. Secondary to uri

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Mastoiditis

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Suppurative inflammation of mastoid air cells. Complication of AOM

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Tympanosclerosis

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From chronic OM, t-tubes. Stiffening–> conductive hearing loss

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Viral labrynthitis

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Uri–> hearing loss, vertigo, nausea, vomiting. Unique form: herpes zoster oticus

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Bacterial labrynthitis

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Bacterial invasion/toxins in inner ear

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Vestibular neuritis

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Benign, temporary. Vertigo NOT assoc w hearing loss

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Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

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Movement –> nystagmus. Due to canaliathis or cupulolithiasis

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Acoustic neuroma

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consider unilateral SNHL this

Tumor from Schwann cells of CN VIII

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Meniere

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TRIAD: SNHL, vertigo, tinnitus

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Toxic vestibulopathy

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Central disorder. From ingesting toxins

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Tumarkin crises

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Such vertigo that you collapse. Characteristic of meniere

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Hyphema

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Hemorrhage into ant chamber from trauma, fluid line

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