DRY EYES Flashcards
QUIZ
CAUSED BY DECREASED TEAR PRODUCTION OR INCREASED TEAR EVAPORATION, WHICH CAN BE EPISODIC OR CHRONIC
DRY EYES
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF DRY EYES
- PHOTOPHOBIA
2 FOREIGN BODY SENSATION - BURNING AND STINGING
- REDNESS
- DECREASED TEARING
MANAGEMENT OF DRY EYES
- INSTILLATION OF ARTIFICIAL TEARS DURING THE DAY
- AN OINTMENT AT NIGHT
TO HYDRATE AND LUBRICATE THE EYE AND PREVENT A MOIST OCULAR SURFACE - ANTI-INFLAMMATORY MEDICATIONS
- MOISTURE CHAMBER
IS AN EFFECTIVE AGENT THAT INCREASES TEAR PRODUCTION AND IS USED ONCE DAILY (MGT OF DRY EYES)
CYCLOSPORINE OPHTHALMIC EMULSION (COE)
ACUTE SUPPURATIVE INFECTION OF THE GLANDS OF THE EYELIDS CAUSED BY STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS
HORDEOLUM (STYC)
MGT OF HORDEOLUM (STYC)
- WARM COMPRESS IS APPLIED DIRECTLY TO THE AFFECTED LID AREA 10-15MINS 4X A DAY
- INCISION AND DRAINAGE IF NOT IMPROVED IN 48HRS
- TOPICAL ANTIBIOTICS
STERILE INFLAMMATORY PROCESS INVOLVING CHRONIC GRANOLUMATOUS INFLAMMATION OF THE MEIBOMIAN GLANDS CAN APPEAR AS A SINGLE GRANULUMAS IN THE UPPER OR LOWER EYELIDS
CHALAZOIN
MGT OF CHALAZOIN
- WARM COMPRESS APPLIED 10-15MINS 4X A DAY
- SURGICAL EXCISION
- CORTICOSTEROID INJECTIONS
CHRONIC BILATERAL INFLAMMATION OF THE EYELID MARGINS
BLEPHARITIS
TWO TYPES OF BLEPHARITIS
- STAPHYLOCOCCAL BLEPHARITIS
- STAPHYLOCOCCAL SEBORRHEIC
USUALLY, ULCERATIVE BLEPHARITIS IS MORE SERIOUS DUE TO THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE BASE OF HAIR FOLLICLES. PERMANENT SCARING CAN RESULTS
STAPHYLOCOCCAL BLEPHARITIS
IS CHRONIC BLEPHARITIS AND USUALLY RESISTANT TO TREATMENT
STAPHYLOCOCCAL SEBORRHEIC
INFECTION OF THE CORNEA
BACTERIAL KERATITIS
CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF BACTERIAL KERATITIS
- S. AUREUS
- STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE
- PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA
MGT FOR KERATITIS
- FORTIFIED ANTIBIOTIC EYEDROPS ARE GIVEN 1-2HRS EVERY 30MINS FOR THE FIRST FEW DAYS
- SYSTEMATIC ANTIBIOTIC
- CYCLOPLEGICS TO REDUCE PAIN CAUSED BY CILIARY SPASM
