Common eye pathology Flashcards
1
Q
What is Graves’ Disease
A
Autoimmune condition characterised by hyperthyroidism
PC: protruding eye, gritty sensation, photophobia, diplopia (double vision)
2
Q
Grave’s treatment
A
radioative iodine (antithyroid)
steroids
radiation therapy
surgical decompression (opening the orbital walls into the sinuses)
