EXTERNAL OBSERVATION Flashcards
What are types of INJECTION?
CONJUNCTIVAL - vessels are most superficial and they move with eyelids EPISCLERAL - underneath the cong, and NO movment with the blinks CILIARY = injection at the limbus
What are the patterns of injection?
Diffuse - redness all over Sectoral = redness in one area Ciliary aka LIMBAL FORNIX = pull dow nthe lid to get an idea of the injection
what test should you start with for RED EYES?
Lymphadenopathy
Most common Lympha-denopathy is ?
preauricular
Which is easiest to palpate?
Tonsillar nodes
Which one will have tenderness for HERPES SIMPLEX ZOSTER?
Submandibular
INFECTED lymph nodes tend to be?
FIRM TENDER WARM ENLARGED – nontender is NOT GOOD
What is recommended sequence for lymph node?
Preauricular Tonsilar Submandibular *** check all 3 for red eyes**
What should you check in eyelids ?
ptosis
What is the abnormal finding for Palpebral fissure?
if the other one is differens from 0.5mm, then ptosis is present *** NORMAL UPPER LID MARGIN REST ABT 2MM below the upper limbus *** NOrmal lower lid margin rest about 1 mm above lower limbus
what is PUILLARY ESCAPE?
pupil will constrict, then re dilates and then stayes dilated
ANISCORIA is greater in dim light, then what pathway is taken effect?
SYMPATHETTIC
ANISCORIA is greater in light , then what pathway is take neffect?
PARASYMPATHETIC
what is PROPTOSIS
The forward displacement of an organ, most comonly the eye
what is EXOPOTHALMOS
The forward displacement of the eye due to endocrinological dysfunction as in hyperthyroidism
