Eye data questions Flashcards
What is this?
Diabetic fundus
What is this?
Hypertensive fundus
What signs are indicitive of a hypertensive fundus?
- Silver wiring.
- A-V nipping.
- Cotton wool spots.
- Flame haemorrhages
- ‘Macular star’ exudates
- Optic disc oedema
What signs are indicitive of a diabetic fundus?
- Microaneurysms.
- Dot and blot haemorrhages.
- Flame haemorrhages.
- Hard exudates.
- Cotton wool spots.
- Neovascularisation
What is this?
Papilloedema
What signs on observation would be indicitive of papilloedema?
- Venous engorgement.
- Loss of venous pulsation.
- Blurred disc margins.
- Haemorrhage adjacent to the disc
What disease is most implicated by the obeservation of ‘flame haemorrhages’ in the fundus?
- Hypertension
- Also present in retinal vein occlusion, optic neuropathies
What heamorrhages are associated with diabetic retinopathy?
Blot heamorrhages
What causes the build up of hard exudate in diabetic retinopathy?
Leakage of plasma results in deposits of lipid breakdown products
With what eye pathology would you associate photocoagulation scars?
Hypertension
What is this?
Retinal detachment
What symptoms would you associate with retinal detachment?
- ‘like a curtain coming down’
- Flashing lights
What is a common pathology associated with retinal detachment?
Myopia → short sightedness
What is this?
- Papilloedema
- Almost always presents as a bilateral phenomenon and may develop over hours to weeks
What pathology is papiloedema associated with?
- Raised intracranial pressure
- Malignant hypertension
- Optic neuritis
What symptoms does papiloedema present with?
- Enlarged blind spot
- Normal visual acuity & colour vision
What is this?
Subconjuntival heamorrhage
What factors increase the risk of subconjuntival heamorrhage?
• Suddenly increase pressure – such as coughing, hypertension or Aspirin (as anti-platelet agent) will make this more likely as will trauma and increasing age