Eye/Ears Flashcards
8 Symptoms of dry eyes
excess water and blurred vision, gritty, itching, irritated, scratchy, burning eyes, feeling of something in their eyes,
9 Red-flags of both eye conditions
pain in eye, visual disturbance, unusual pupils, treatment failure, upper eyelid drooping, eye or head injury, photophobia, inflammation of eye, spot on eye
6 Symptoms of otitis externa
itchiness, pain, dizziness, fever, release of fluid from ear canal, VERY common in swimmers
10 Red-flags of otitis externa and ear wax build up
severe pain, deafness, discharge (not meaning the visible outer wax), foreign body in ear, bleeding, treatment failure, abnormal lesions, suspected vertigo/tinnitus/otitis media/perforated ear drum
6 Symptoms of ear wax build up
feel wax blockage, discomfort, temporary deafness, visible wax in outer ear, itchiness, dizziness,
5 Symptoms of conjunctivitis
sticky yellow/green crusts/discharge in the mornings, gritty, sore, uncomfortable feeling, one or both eyes