PRELIM Flashcards
Purpose of case history
Tentative diagnosis
Purpose of specific tests
Interpretation
Purpose of diagnosis
Management plan
Process of obtaining patient information regarding px’s visual and ocular problems
Case history
It allows for an organized discussion with patient
Case history
Time for px-examiner to get acquainted
Case history
Significance of case history
- To determine the nature of patient’s problem on patient’s visual and ocular health
- To use patient’s history and physical findings to form initial impression or differential diagnosis
- To gain baseline data to aid in accurate examination of patients in future
- To form good rapport with patient
Methods of history taking
Interview
Questionnaire
Combination of 1 and 2
Factors to observe during the history taking
Seating and body posture
Eye contact
Communication
Listening
Use of verbal and non-verbal reactions
Silence
Empathy and warmth
Basic components of case history: PATIENT PROFILE
Name
Age
Address
Occupation and hobby
Gender
Education
-for identification
-for communication
-forming a rapport w patient
-record maintenance
-psychological benefit
Name
-consider the condition of the patient that can possible affect eye health
-to determine the flow of examination (geriatric or pediatric)
-to adjusr your communication towrds the patient (use of basic words)
Age
diagnosis: prediction of different dse in both sexes
Gender
-predilection of diseases in different occupations
-type of lenses/ frame to be given
-amount og correction
Occupation and hobby
Primary concern or stimulus which primarily drives the px to seek visual and ocular assitance
Chief of complaint
Uncomfortable, painful, and irritable vision or a group of symptoms arising from any form of functional eye strain
Asthenopia
FOLDARQ
Frequency
Onset
Location
Duration
Associated symptoms
Relief
Quality
Basic components of case history
- patient profile
- chief complaunt FOLDARQ + signs and sympoms
- Occupational visual reqirements
- Recreational visual requirements + social visual requirements
- visual and ocular history
- general health history
- allergies to medications
- medication usage
- family eye and medical histories
abrupt on and off, more one CNS WHERE MYELIN SHEATH DETERIORATES. Myelin sheath is for communication.
Multiple sclerosis
inflammation of the blood vessels. blockage of blood in the central arteries in the retina. if may block sa blood flow ng mata, on and off ang vision sa patient.
Temporal arteritis
cholesterol plaque that blocks the arteries causes black out.
Carotid artery occlusive dse
clumping of the vitreous which could pull the retina.
Posterior vitreous detachment
light flashes can be experienced by patients with migraine with aura.
Migraine
Sensory information
Afferent
Motor information
Efferent
Visual, auditory, somatosensory, chemoreceptors
Afferent
Outside stimuli to the CNS
Afferent
From stimuli, processed by CNS, to the efferent
Efferent
Contraction of skeletal muscle, movement through somatic NS, contraction of smooth muscle
Efferent
2 types of cells in NS
Neurons
Synapses
Parts of the neurons
Cell body
Dendrites
Axon
Axon hillock
Types of cell bodies
Nucleus
Ganglion
Nerve fibers that receive signals from other neurons
Dendrites
Nerve fibers that send signals along to other neurons
Axon
Fatty protective sheath
Myelin sheath
Two neurons coming together
Synapse
A type of glial cells that are only present in the CNS
Astrocytes
Give structural and metabolic support to neurons
Astrocytes
Consists of tight junctions that connects the endothelial cells that line the capillaries in the brain
Blood brain barrier
Located within the cranial cavity and protected by the skull, meninges and cerebrospinal fluid
Brain