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what does a teardrop iris suggest
corneal injury- teardrop will point to it
how does corneal injury affect vision
changes corneal shape
what must you worry about in corneal penetrating injuries
retinal detachment symptoms- decrease in pressure in anterior chamber causes vitreous to move forwards
what must you always ask to check for retinal detachment
floaters that persist
flashes
what hypersensitivity reaction is sympathetic ophthamloplegia
type II
how can a head injury affect vision
visual cortex (haemorrhage/ injury) = cortical blindness lens dislocation (vision reduced, increased red reflex) retinal scarring
what should you assume in pupil deformities
perforating injuries until proven otherwise (may be normal)
what is the seidels test
flood eye with fluoroscene to look for penetrating injury, aqueous coming out of eye will dilute the fluoroscene
what is a perforating eye injury
will go in and out of eye
what eye condition results from infection under contact lenses
Acanthamoeba keratitis
what is the advice for people who wear contacts
dont sleep, swim or shower in them
dont wear for more than 5 days a week
dailys are safer than monthlys
when does it hurt to move your eye
inflammation at the back of the eye
what is affected to causes changes in colour
optic nerve
what is affected to causes changes to visual field
retina
what does corneal reflection show
position of eyes when looking at same point- squints
light high in eye then eye position low
what is a tropia
one eye looking straight, one eye squint
what is the cover test
covering eye alternately whilst looking at a fixed point, individual eye should not move when the other is covered, if it does then squint in that eye
what are the types of tropia
esotropia- outward movement of eye = eye turned in
exo-eye turned out (inward movement in cover test)
hyper- eye upward
hypo- eye downward
do you keep your glasses on for the cover test
yes
what is the fixing eye
eye that doesnt move in the cover test
can squints alternate between eyes
yes but will only be in one eye at a time
what will give you horizontal double vision
inward/outward position of eye