Sudden painless loss of vision Flashcards by Mo Daff | Brainscape

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the 5 questions for Sudden painless loss of vision

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HELLP

Headache ? –? GCA

Eye movement hurt –> optic neuritis

Lights/flashes preceding visual loss –> retinal detachment

Like a curtain descending –> emboli/GCA

Poorly controlled DM

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commonest cause of Amaurosis fugax

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ipsilateral carotid artery disease

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