Eye Things Flashcards
Presentation of uveitis?
Diagnose with?
Treat with?
With autoimmune diseases. Photophobia.
Diagnose with slit lamp exam
Treat with topical steroids
Glaucoma presents with?
most accurate diagnostic test?
-Pain and fixed midpoint pupil
-Tonometry
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Presentation of abrasion?
Diagnostic step?
Trauma, feels like sand in eye.
Fluorescein stain
Tonometry for chronic glaucoma will show?
extremely elevated intraocular pressure
sudden onset of extremely painful, red eye that is hard to palpation. walking into dark room might precipitate pain. pupil does not react to light
acute angle-closure glaucoma
Treatment for acute angle closure glaucoma?
IV acetazolamide
IV mannitol (osmotic draw of fluid out of the eye)
Pilocarpine, beta-blockers
Laser iridotomy
how to confirm herpes keratitis (infection of the cornea)?
red, swollen, painful eye.
Do flourescein staining to see dendritic pattern.
Can you give steroids for herpes keratitis?
NO. steroids markedly increase the production of the virus and make the condition worse
treatment for proliferative diabetic retinopathy?
treated with laser photocoagulation
Pale retina and dark or “cherry red” macula =?
retinal artery occlusion.
painless, unilateral loss of vision that is described as “curtain coming down”
Retinal detachment
most common cause of blindness in older persons in the U.S?
macular degeneration
bilateral loss of central vision. normal external appearance of the eye.
macular degeneration
Drusen is seen in?
macular degeneration
best initial therapy for neovascular macular degeneration is?
VEGF inhibitor
