Conditions for Exam 1

Question 1

Symptoms of dry eye disease

Answer 1

White or mildly red eye, patients may complain of a sandy, gritty feeling or a sensation that something is in the eye. They will often present with excessive tearing initially

Question 2

Symptoms of allergic conjunctivitis

Answer 2

Red eye with watery discharge. Itching is the hallmark symptom and allergic rhinitis is often present too.

Question 3

Symptoms of corneal edema

Answer 3

Halos or starbursts of light are a hallmark symptom

provider must diagnose

Question 4

Symptom of loose foreign substance in the eye

Answer 4

tearing

Question 5

Symptom of minor eye irritation

Answer 5

Eye redness, may also have pain or a sensation of sand in the eyes

Question 6

Symptoms of ophthalmic chemical burn

Answer 6

Pain, irritation, photophobia, tearing

Question 7

Symptoms of contact dermatitis

Answer 7

Swelling, scaling, redness of eyelid, and profuse itching

Question 8

Symptoms of excessive/impacted cerumen

Answer 8

A sense of fullness or pressure in the ear and a gradual hearing loss. There may be a decrease in cognition in the elderly. There is sometimes a dull pain, vertigo, tinnitus, chronic cough, or mild pain.

Question 9

Symptoms of water-clogged ears

Answer 9

Feeling of wetness of fullness, accompanied by a gradual hearing loss, itching, pain, inflammation, or infection

Question 10

Symptoms of diabetic retinopathy

Answer 10

Blurred vision, floaters, difficulty seeing at night

Question 11

Symptoms of cataracts

Answer 11

Sensitive to glare, cloudy or fuzzy vision, difficulty seeing in low light, seeing halos around lights

Question 12

Symptoms of open angle glaucoma

Answer 12

Loss of visual field

Question 13

Symptoms of closed angle glaucoma

Answer 13

Sudden, severe pain in one eye, cloudy vision, nausea and vomiting, halos around lights, red eye

Question 14

Symptoms of dry macular degeneration

Answer 14

Blurred vision, dim and faded colors in central vision, difficulty seeing and reading print

Question 15

Symptoms of wet macular degeneration

Answer 15

Straight lines appearing distorted and wavy, small dark spots in center of vision

Question 16

Symptoms of presbycusis

Answer 16

Other’s speech seems mumbled, background noise interferes, tinnitus

Question 17

Treatment for dry eye

Answer 17

Avoid dry, dusty places and heaters/AC. Avoid prolonged use of computer screens and wear eye protection outside. Artificial tear solutions and nonmedicated ointments are used to treat.

Question 18

Treatment for allergic conjunctivits

Answer 18

Removal/avoidance of the responsible allergen as well as ocular lubricants/decongestants/decongestant-antihistamine combinations/antihistamine-mast cell stabilizers/ oral antihistamines/cold compresses

Question 19

Treatment for corneal edema

Answer 19

Hyperosmotic solution

Question 20

Treatment for loose foreign substance in the eye

Answer 20

Irrigation

Question 21

Treatment for minor eye irritation

Answer 21

Artificial tear solutions/nonmedicated ointments/zinc sulfate

Question 22

Treatment for ophthalmic chemical burns

Answer 22

Irrigation until an eye care provider is seen

Question 23

Treatment for artificial eyes

Answer 23

Sterile, isotonic buffered solution of tyloxapol and BAK

Question 24

Treatment for contact dermatitis

Answer 24

Discontinue use of new products, antihistamines, cold compress

Question 25

Symptoms of the flu

Answer 25

fever, nonproductive cough, myalgia, malaise, headache, sore throat, rhinitis

Question 26

Symptoms of bronchitis

Answer 26

Productive cough, wheezing/ronchi

NOT: fever, systemic symptoms, consolidation, or crackling/rales

Question 27

Symptoms of pneumonia

Answer 27

Productive cough, fever, chills, dyspnea, chest pain, malaise, headache, confusion, crackles, consolidation

Question 28

Treatment for flu

Answer 28

neuraminidase inhibitors (oseltamivit, sanamivir, peramivir)

Question 29

Treatment for pneumonia

Answer 29

antibiotics (macrolides) for 5 days or until afebrile for 48 hours

Question 30

Treatment for bronchitis

Answer 30

Cough suppressants at night, expectorants, B-2 agonists

NO antibiotics

Question 31

Symptoms of allergic rhinitis

Answer 31

Watery eyes, itchy nose/eyes/throat, repetitive sneezing, nasal congestion, watery rhinorrhea, red and irritated eyes with conjuctival injection

Question 32

Symptoms of cold

Answer 32

Sore throat (mild-moderate pain), nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, sneezing are common
low grade fever, chills, headache, malaise, myalgia, and cough are possible

Question 33

Treatment for congestion and rhinorrhea cold symptoms

Answer 33

Saline nasal spray or decongestant. Consider using a humidifier and raising the head of the bed

Question 34

Treatment for pharyngitis cold symptoms

Answer 34

Saline gargles or local anesthetic sprays or lozenges

Question 35

Treatment for allergic rhinitis

Answer 35

oral antihistamine and/or intranasal corticosteroid

Question 36

Symptoms of asthma

Answer 36

Coughing, wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath

Question 37

Reliever or rescue drugs for asthma

Answer 37

Short acting beta adrenergic agonists, inhaled anticholinergic

Question 38

Controller drugs for asthma

Answer 38

inhaled corticosteroids, non-steroid controllers (mast cell stabilizers or leukotriene modifiers), long acting bronchodilators

Question 39

Symptoms of COPD

Answer 39

chronic cough/sputum, persistent or worsening dyspenea