Examination of the Eye Flashcards
Sudden loss of vision
retinal detachment vitreous hemorrhage central retinal artery occlusion CVA trauma
gradual loss of vision
aging cataracts glaucoma HIV AI disease diabetes macular degeneration neoplasm
hyperopia
farsightedness, diff. seeing near objects
myopia
nearsightedness- diff. seeing distant objects
presbyopia
aging vision - progressive difficulty seeing near objects
- lens is less pliable due to aging
diplopia
double vision
heterophoria
failure of the visual axes to remain parallel
- either esophoria or exophoria
- use the cover test to evaluate. the good eye will be reflected directly in the pupil, the bad eye will not be focused on the light.
esophoria vs. exophoria
esophoria: one eye deviates inward
exophoria: one eye deviates outward
cover test
have patient look right at you. cover the good eye, the eye won’t move. when you cover bad eye, and remove it, the bad eye will swing out
look at surface structures of the eye
slide #10
limbus = border b/w scler and iris
medial canthus = middle corner
lateral canthus = lateral corner
lacrimal gland
produce tears located in upper lateral eyelid
puncta
absorbs the tears, they go down the nasolacrimal duct, and are dropped into the nose
want to find the optic disc
stay away from fovea and macula: will cause the patient pain. optic disc is where the blood and vessels enter the eye
the examination of the eye
Visual Acuity Color blindness Visual field testing External examination Conjunctiva and sclera Cornea, lens and pupil Extra-ocular movement The ophthalmoscopic examination
tests for near and far vision
- far vision: snellen eye chart 20 feet away
- near vision: hand held card,
recording visual acuity
20/20 normal vision (you can see everything at 20 feet that normal people can)
20/100 what a normal visual (what people can normally see at 100 feet, you can only see at 20 feet)
should always check with and without corrective lenses. how do you document?
oculus dexter (right) O.D. oculus sinister (left) O.S. oculus uterque (both eyes) O.U.
Ishihara color blindness test
dots with different colors
- tests for “red blindness”
visual field testing by confrontation
- doctor’s cover her eye, patient covers the eye across from hers. bring fingers in from 4 dxns. n/s/e/west
homonymous hemianopsia
- homonymous hemianopsia: have lost half of visual field on same side
bitemporal hemianopsia
have lost vision on opposite sides - lost on right side of right eye and left side of left eye
quadrantic defects
lost visual field from 1/4 of the eye
exopthalamos
protrusion of the eyes - can see the whites of their eyes. (normally the eyelids should cover the top portion of the iris, and be just below the iris)
- this is happening b/c eye is being pushed forward.
palpebral fissure
opening of the eye