Ophthalmology Flashcards
risk factors for cataracts
ageing, smoking, diabetes, alcohol, trauma, steroid use
presentation of cataracts
reduced acuity and colour vision
glare and halos of light
absent red reflex
investigations in cataracts
ophthalmoscopy - normal
slit lamp - can see cataracts
HbA1C / BMs / OGTT
risk factors for macular degeneration
age, female, smoking, FHx, CVD risk factors
presentation of macular degeneration
reduced acuity and night vision, fluctuating
most common form of macular degeneration
dry - atrophy and drusen
describe wet macular degeneration
neovascular degeneration and exudate cause drusen to detach and scar retina irreversibly
less common than dry
management of magular degenration
anti VEGF injections and AREDS2 supplementation
risk factors for chronic glaucoma
age, FHx, diabetes, black, myopia, HTN, steroids
presentation of chronic glaucoma
progressive field loss
tunnel vision
what does fundoscopy show in chronic glaucoma
disc cupping
optic disc pallor
bayonetting of the vessels
RAPD
management of chronic glaucoma
topical prostaglandins (latanoprost) and beta blockers (timolol) laser
causes of acute angle closure glaucoma
tumours, marfans, trauma, retinopathy, ischaemia
presentation of acute angle closure glaucoma
mydriasis (fixed dilated pupil) nausea and vomiting headache pain redness
what would you see on slit lamp experiment in AACG
shallow anterior chamber; and signs of glaucoma: large optic cup, narrowing of the neuroretinal rim, splinter haemorrhage, nerve fibre loss
hazy cornea - oedema
iris atrophy
management of AACG
carbonic anhydrase i - topical acetazolamide topical beta blockers - timolol topical pilocarpine - pupil constriction IV mannitol surgery
when do you do diabetic retinopathy screening?
every 2 years, or annual if +ve
what are the 4 stages of diabetic retinopathy
- mild nonproliferative : microaneurysms
- moderate nonproliferative : microaneurysms, dot and blot hemorrhages, cotton wool spots, venous bleeding
- severe non proliferative: many hemorrhages and
cotton wool spots - proliferative: new vessels on the disc
what are the 4 stages of hypertensive retinopathy
- narrow and tortuous arterioles
- elschnig’s spots - choroidal capillary infarction, AV nipping
- cotton wool spots, flame and blot hemorrhages
- papilloedema
a patients pupils constrict when looking at your finger near their nose (accommodation reflex normal)
when you shine a light in the pupils they fail to constrict (absent pupillary reflex)
what is this?
argyll robertson pupil
neurosyphilis, diabetes
explain the Relative afferent pupillary defect
when light is swung from one eye to another the opposite pupil should constrict
in RAPD:
both pupils equal in room light
affected eye constricts when light shone in (normal)
when light shone to other eye both constrict (normal)
when light again shone on affected eye the pupil appears to dilate
what causes RAPD
optic nerve damage
severe retinal disease
what may cause mydriasis
(dilated pupil)
congenital, 3rd nerve palsy, trauma, AACG, anticholinergics, amphetamines
what may cause miosis
(constricted pupil) horners syndrome cholinergics opiods anterior uveitis argyll - robertson pupil