Eye-External Conditions

Question 1

Inflammation of the eyelid

Answer 1

Blepharitis

Question 2

Blepharitis (inflammation of the eyelid) occurs at what glands?

Answer 2

Meibomian

Question 3

A crusty, flaky, redness of the eyelid, where patient often awakens with crusty, dried mucus in the corners of their eyes, which sometimes needs to be washed out before they can open them

Answer 3

Blepharitis

Question 4

A common eye drop to clear up inflammation type things?

Answer 4

Corticosteroid

Question 5

Lower eyelid turns outward

Answer 5

Ectropion

Question 6

T/F, if severe, surgery is an option to repair ectropion

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Eyelid (usually the lower one) turns inward towards eye

Answer 7

Entropion

Question 8

A painful, tender, red, pus-filled lump, that is an infection of the glands at the base of the eyelashes - looks like a pimple or boil on lid margin.

Answer 8

Stye

Question 9

Fancy name for a stye?

Answer 9

Hordeolum

Question 10

Styes are often secondary to blepharitis and caused by ____ (general term)

Answer 10

Bacteria

Question 11

Swelling in the eyelid caused by blockage of one of the glands that lubricate the eye. Some are chronic styes

Answer 11

Chalazion

Question 12

Chalazions are larger and less painful than ____

Answer 12

Styes

Question 13

Slightly raised, yellowish, well-circumscribed plaques on the nasal (medial) portion of one or both eyelids

Answer 13

Xanthelasma

Question 14

____ may accompany lipid disorders

Answer 14

Xanthelasmas

Question 15

A slow-growing, non-cancerous bump that is pink or skin colored (around the eye margin somewhere)

Answer 15

Papilloma

Question 16

A ___ may often be indistinguishable from a chalazion or stye. These are non-cancerous and subject to recurring injury, bleeding, or irritation.

Answer 16

Cyst

Question 17

Ptosis (drooping of the upper eyelid) is caused by weakness of what muscle?

Answer 17

Levator palpebrae superioris muscle

Question 18

This outer eye condition can be caused by trichinosis (roundworm trichinella spiralis), allergies, or sensitivity to cosmetics (make-up). Treatment could include COLD compresses (warm for most eye conditions).

Answer 18

Lid edema