Old Age and Eye Disease

Question 1

What are the 4 major age related eye disease (AREDs)?

Answer 1

AMD
Diabetic Retinopathy
Cataracts
Glaucoma

Question 2

What are the 3 stages of Diabetic Retinopathy?

Answer 2

Background Diabetic Retinopathy (most often observed in type 1)
Diabetic Macular Edema
Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

Question 3

In which form of Glaucoma is vision loss very sudden?

Answer 3

Acute Glaucoma

Question 4

Which is the most common form of Glaucoma?

Answer 4

Chronic - open angle or POAG

Question 5

What are the symptoms of Glaucoma?

Answer 5

Short-term dimmed or fogged vision, colored ring around artificial lights, pain in forehead, ears, teeth, eye looks inflamed

Optic disk appears indented and looks pale yellow - lack of blood

Question 6

Which form of AMD will distort color vision?

Answer 6

Wet AMD because blood will leak into the retina and cover the photoreceptor and distort color.