Ophthalmic pt Services and Education 8% Flashcards
*What are the 2 main causes of color deficiency?
Inherited (passed by the mother to male child)
Aquired(due to ON or Ret disease)
*Eye lid turns inward causing eyelashes to rub against K
Entropion
An inflammatory and bacterial condition of the lid and lid margin
Blepharitis
Blepharitis is treated with
Mild Abx and steroid oint, lid hygiene, lid scrub, and baby shampoo scrubs, warm compresses. Chronic condition (don’t sure it’s just manage it)
Hordeolum and chalazion are mostly cause by what
Staph aureus
Infection or inflammation of the sebaceous gland at base of lashes
Hordeolum
*Infection or inflammation of deep meibomian glands within the eyelids-develops into a hard mass
Chalazion
*Pt has high blood cholesterol causing cholesterol deposits to form around the eyes
Xanthalasma
A failure of the levator muscle
Ptosis
What are the types of ptosis?
Congenital or aquired
*Pt can’t close eyelids all the way. Caused by Bell’s Palsy and other causes
Lagophthalmos
Upper eyelid skin has become very thin and droopy. Causes overhanging of normally positioned eyelid
Dermatochalasis
Can happen in the lid margin. Most frequent site to find this. Will typically not grow lashes.
(BCC) Basil Cell Cancer(CA)
Opacification in the crystalline lens. Can form in any layer of the lens.
Cataracts
What are some causes of cataracts?
Trauma, congenital, due to use of certain medications like steroids, or age related.
Cataract formed in the nucleus
White mature
*Cataracts: opacification just below the capsular bag. Tend to happen due to steroid use.
PSC (posterior subcapsular cat)
Cataracts: frequently grows in spokes. Can cause increasing lenticular astigmatism if more dense in one meridian than another.
Cortical cataracts
What are the 3 primary types of GLC?
OAG, pupillary block, secondary glaucoma
*What is the most common type of glaucoma
Open angle
GLC: Fluid flows fine in the eye but when tries to escape through trabecular meshwork it doesn’t flow out well. Fluid flow is decreased due to narrowed opening on the TM.
OAG
Glc: angle structures are narrowed. Aqueous flow has difficulty circulating. Iris bows forward obstructing outflow through the TM
Pupillary block
Glc: also known as narrow angle glc
Pupillary block
Glc: eye is crowded because pt hyperopic and has a small eye or perhaps has a dense CAT that has crowded out the eye.
Pupillary block (narrow angle)