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The Red eye Flashcards

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Describe the features of Uveitis

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Pain = None -> mild
Redness = pericorneal/none
Discharge = No/Minimal
Vision = blurred
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Describe the features of Bacterial Conjuctivitis

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Pain = Non -> full blown sensation / itch

Redness = peripheral/diffuse

Discharge = yes/ yellow

Vision = normal

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Describe the features of viral conjunctivitis

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Pain = None -> full blown sensation/ itch

Redness = peripheral/ diffuse

Discharge = yes/watery

Vision = normal

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Describe the features of allergic conjunctivitis

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Pain = None -> full blown sensation/ itch

Redness = peripheral/ diffuse

Discharge = yes/ mucous

Vision = normal

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Describe the features of scleritis

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Pain = Severe/ boring

Redness = sectoral/ diffuse

Discharge = no

Vision = normal

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Describe the features of acute glaucoma

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Pain = severe/ headache

Redness = pericorneal

Discharge = yes/no

Vision = lost

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Describe the features of Keratitis/ Corneal ulcer

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Pain = severe/ eye closing

Redness = pericorneal

Discharge = yes/no

Vision = lost

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Describe the features of Orbital cellulitis

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Pain = Severe/ periocular

Redness = none

Discharge = no/yes

Vision = normal

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What is uveitis?

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Inflammation in the eye

May effect:

  • Anterior (iris)
  • Intermediate (ciliary body and vitreous)
  • Posterior (Retina, choroids, blood vessels

Panuveitis (all)

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What are some of the causes of Uveitis?

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Idiopathic (most common)

Associated with systemic disease: Ankylosing spondylitis, Behcet’s Disease, Sarcoidosis, Wegener’s, Systemic lupus erythematosis

Infection: TB, Syphalis, Toxoplasma, Herpes Simplex, Lyme’s disease, CMV

Masquarade: Intraocular lymphoma, Leukaemia

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What is the treatment for Uveitis?

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-Treat Infection
-Topical anti-inflammatory
(main stay treatment)
-Systemic steroid
-Systemic immunosuppressants

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whats the difference between Episcleritis ans Scleritis?

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Episclera is the more superficial layer.

Episcleritis:

  • Is milder
  • Only part of the eye become red
  • Only mildly painful

Scleritis:

  • Very painful
  • Risk to sight
  • Inflammation large enough to melt away sclera
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What are the symptoms of Acute Angle-Closure Glaucoma

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Severe Pain
Vomiting
Fixed, dilated pupil
(non-responsive to light)
Hard eye
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What is the treatment for acuta angle-closure glaucoma?

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Strong drugs to decompress

Drugs to constrict pupil (trying to pull away to open angle)

Small insistion to iris

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What infections may cause corneal ulcer?

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Herpes virus

Pseudomonous

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What are the features of preseptal cellulitis?

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Pain, redness, lid swelling

Systematically well

17
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What are the common causes for preseptal cellulitis?

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Lid cyst or insect bite

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What are the features of orbital cellulitis?

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  • Pain, redness, lid swelling
  • Systemically unwell
  • Double vision/ limitation in EOEM
  • Conjunctivitis/ chomosis
  • Exophthalmos
  • Blurred vision
19
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What is chomosis?

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Swelling (or oedema) of the conjunctivae

20
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What is Exophthalmos?

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Bulging of the eye anteriorly out of the orbit

21
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What are the common causes of orbital cellulitis?

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Sinusitis / dental infections

Haematological spread

22
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What are the opthalmic presentations of systemic disease?

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Diabetes
Hypertension
Autoimmune
Inflammatory
Infection
Haematological
Inherited/ Genetic
Thyroid eye disease
23
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What are the autoimmune opthalmic presentations?

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  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Cicatrical pemphigoid
  • Myaesthenia gravis
  • Sjogren’s syndrome
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Grave’s disease
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What are the inflammatory opthalmic presentations?

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  • Ankylosing spondylitis
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Juvenile ideopathic arthritis
  • Sarcoidosis
25
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What are the inherited/ genetic opthalmic presentations?

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Albinism
Ehlers-Danlos
Marfan's
Myotonic dystrophy
Neurofibromatosis

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