ophtha - sympto, obj&subj exam Flashcards
Subjective signs
- Pain (orbital pain, headache)
2. Disturbances of vision
Objective signs
- Redness
- Crust formation
- Secretion (watery secretions, discharges)
- Lumps
- Lid disturbances (malformation,malposition)
- Eyeball disturbance (abn size, malposition, maldirection, malfixation)
Redness localized nasally is due to
Inflammation of lacrimal sac
Redness localized in lateral aspect
Inflammation of lacrimal gland
Caused by dilatation of superficial conjunctival blood vessels
Conjunctival congestion
Caused by dilatation of deeper blood vessels of anterior ciliary artery
Ciliary injection
Whitish foamy secretion can be present in
Vit A deficiency
Generally, upper lid margin is ___mm below upper limbus, while the lower lid margin is just at level of lower limbus.
2mm
The term hypotropia is not used.
Yes. If right eye is lower, it is recorded as left hypertropia.
Presence of a fast component denotes a labyrinthine etiology. It is caused by poor central vision.
Ocular nystagmus
Foreign body sensation or sharp pain in the eye occurs when
When lid moves
It is felt after excessive use of the eyes or when the patient tends to rub the eyes
Itching, smarting or burning sensation
Soreness or tenderness is elicited by.
Pressing the eyeball
Headaches that are localized in___ regions are ocular in nature.
Frontal and temporal
If the headache is unilateral, it is due to ..
Inflam of orbit, lids or eye and glaucoma
If the headache is bilateral, it is asso with.
Uncorrected refractive errors or ms imbalances
Whirling and swaying sensation is vestibular/ocular in origin and are elicited by a sudden movement of the head.
Vestibular
Temporary dimness sensation is vestibular/ocular in origin and are elicited by turning of eyes vertically or horizontally.
Ocular
Filipinos at age __ have difficulty reading fine prints at a distance of __cm.
37yrs old
28-30cm
Poor near vision
Presbyopia
Seeing double with only one eye noted when 2 diff retinal areas of an aye subserve 2 diff images
Monocular diplopia
Colored vision
Chromatopsia
Rainbow colored halo
Glaucoma
Incipient cataract
Red vision
Erythropsia
Erythropsia is due to
Vitreous hemorrhage
Aphakia
Yellow vision
Xanthopsia
Xanthopsia is due to
Jaundice and carbon monoxide poisoning
White vision is due to
Digitalis poisoning
Blue vision
Cyanopsia
Cyanopsia is due to
Initial cataract extraction