extre Flashcards
RA ocular involvement
Autoimmune disease:
DED
Keratoconjuntivitis
Precursor to Sjrogrens
Peripheral corneal ulceration
Sterile corneal ulceration causes:
DED
SS/RA
GPC
Confluent drusen in one eye treatment:
Treated as AMD
OCT (severity)
VA + Amsler
“confluent” > recheck 3-6m
Return if vision changes/amser
DDX Red/sore eye
Keratitis
CLARE
Foreign body/Pterygium flare
DDX gritty/burning eyes:
DED (CL/Meds/SLE)
Allergic conjuntivitis
Bacterial conjuntivitis
Idiopathic macula oedema testing:
OCT (AMD)
Fundoscopy (uveitis/RP)
Medical history (HT)
Drug use (Lanaprost>Glauc)
Chlamydial infection presentation
Unilateral > bilateral, Mucopurulent discharge, hyperaemia, lid chemosis
Trachoma: repeated infection, Large papillae + follicles, conj. scarring, entropion
Acute inclusion: large follicles
Bacterial culture is recomended
Both with oral doxycycline 100mg BID 4 weeks
Patho nuclear cataract:
Age> Barrier before cortex, prevents glutathione transport
Post translational modifation> Glycation/calpain/tryptophan addition
Patho PSC:
Age, stress, DM > GF alterations
Loss of growth factors impede epithelial differentiation to lens fibers
Undifferentiated cells with organelles micrate to posterior pole
Abnormal pump function>swelling> vacuole formation > disruption of lens organisation
Risk factors of hypertension:
Family history
Smoking/alcohol
Obesity
Age
Distinct features of retinal BV in HT:
Lack sympathetic nerve supply
Autoregulation of flow
Blood retinal barrier
HT pathophysiology:
BP > stress induced vasospasm > arteriole narrowing
Sustained BP > vessel hyperplasia/wall degeneration > AV nipping, vein tortuisity, copper wiring
Loss of BBB > fluid leakage/ischemia > hemorrhage (dot/blot), hard exudate, CWS
Intracranial HT > optic nerve ischemia/swelling/pallor
Thickening of arteries:
Vasospasms > compensatory hypertrophy of smooth muscle > loss of transparency (copper wiring) / AV nipping
AV nipping:
Artery hyperplasia > thickening > increased pressure on venules
Ususally veins under artery is visible (transparent arteries), hyperplasia > decreased transparency
Leads to vein tortuisity
Retinal haemorrgahes:
Dot/Blot: bleed within retina
Flame: bleed in NFL (wont occur in DR)