Unit 1a-eye Flashcards
Inter/Post Uveitis Tx
Systemic, corticosteroids..STEROIDS to reduce inflammation! REFER to ophthalmologist
Chr. Glaucoma. Tx
Eye drop, beta-adrenergic blockers (eye drops to reduce fluid), laser therapy. The GOAL-reduce pressure, increase outflow of aqueous fluid.
Infection from local facial or eyelid injuries (chalazion, conjunctivitis)
Periorbital cellulitis
Is there a treatment for subconjunctival hemorrhage?
No
Hard eye
Acute angle-closure glaucoma
Characterized by abnormal new vessel formation.
Neovascularization
Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
ARMD key points
Whites, elderly (common cause of blindness)
Drusen!
How would you diagnose fungal keratitis?
Corneal Scraping of Culture
What is the most common form of ARMD?
Dry
A patient is watching a movie in a dark theater and suddenly sees halos around lights, extreme pain and nausea?
Acute angle closure glaucoma
Chronic Glaucoma Diagnosis
Consistent and reproducible abnormalities in at least 2-
- optic disk (cupping) or retinal nerve fiber layer
- visual field
- intraocular pressure
- usually found on screening eye exam
- find pressure in eyes (IOP)
Congenital Cataract Symptoms
A symptomatic
Symptoms include surface irritation and diplopia
Thyroid Eye Disease
Acute Angle-closure glaucoma symptoms
Extreme pain blurred vision-usually with "halos around lights" nausea abdominal pain headache
Primary cause of acute-angle-closure glaucoma
Results from closure of preexisting narrow anterior chamber angle; result of aging
Fundoscopy
ARMD
What is the leading cause of blindness in patients older than 65 in developing countries?
Age-related Macular Degeneration
Sudden, painless, profound monocular visual loss (maybe lasts minutes)
Retinal Arterial Occlusion
Leading cause of blindness in developing countries
Age related Macular Degeneration
Is damage from ARMD reversible
No
Wet ARMD Tx
Supplements. Injection of growth factor Thermal laser photocoagulation of neovascularization outside the fovea may prevent severe vision loss. Laser treatment. Steroids
What do you use to diagnose blepharitis?
Slit-lamp exam
Symptom: Watering
Inadequate tear drainage: lacrimal drainage obstruction.
Any disturbance of corneal epithelium
Allergic eye disease.
Cataract Etiology
age related
Or
Congenital: drugs in 1st trimester (tetracycline), maternal malnutrition, metabolic disease in mother, intrauterine infection
What is ptosis
Upper eyelid droops
How do you treat hyphema?
Bed rest, elevation, eye shield.
What is a corneal injury involving contact with plants?
Fungal Keratitis
Eye bulging
Proptosis
Is there a treatment for lens dislocation?
No. Permanent. Need glasses.
Obstructed anterior chamber angle and increased IOP.
Acute Angle-Closure Glaucoma.
What do you do if you see copious discharge in the conjunctiva?
Gonococcal Conjunctivitis: 1g dose of IM ceftriaxone.
Screen for STDs.
Chlamydia treatment.
How do you treat chronic glaucoma?
Eye drops. Reduce pressure! Beta-adrenergic. Blockers.
Leading cause of world blindness
Cataract.
Risk Factors for Catarcts
Aging Smoking UV sun exposure Diabetes Prolonged steroid exposure Positive Family History Alcohol
Uveitis Exam-posterior
Bilateral cells in the vitreous humor. You will see dilation around the pupils
WET ARMD cause
Not totally sure, new vessels are leaky, accumulations of serous fluid, hemorrhage, and fibrosis
How do you treat graves ophthalmology?
Corticosteroids
Retinal Detachment Tx
The goal is to maintain the position of the retina. Not all tears are treated. Treat underlying disorder instead. Medications taken to maintain position
SURGERY
All else seems normal, but can’s see fundal details and their is blood in front of the retina.
Vitreous Hemorrhage
Patients sees a “shower of floaters”
Retinal Detachment
Exam shows:
Swollen optic disc
Flame shape hemorrhage
Temporal disc
Marcus-Gunn Pupil
Optic Neuritis
How do you treat viral conjunctivitis?
Cold compress.
Sometimes sulfa drops to prevent secondary bacterial infection.
Background retinopathy.
Non proliferative diabetic retinopathy
Uveitis Symptoms
Decreased visual acuity/
Paint
Photophobia
Blurry Vision
Rapid vision loss (days to weeks), unilateral, visual distortion. “Straight lines appear crooked”
Wet ARMD
Fundoscopy shows a RED FOVEA
Retinal Arterial Occlusion
Cause of Chronic glaucoma
90% of cases, intraocular pressure is elevated to to reduced drainage of aqueous fluid (water backed up)
Acute-angle-closure glaucoma Exam
Red Eye cloudy cornea pupil dilated and not reactive to light intraocular pressure> 50 mm HG "hard eye"
Eye condition connected to auto-immune disorder, especially rheumatologist
Uveitis
Symptoms include blurred vision, black spots, flashing lights, sudden severe vision loss.
Proliferative diabetic retinopathy
You see corneal laceration, aqueous humor leaking, shallow anterior chamber, irregular pupil…what do you suspect?
Globe laceration
What happens to visual acuity in retinal detachment?
20/200 or worse
For Optic Neuritis would you order an MRI or CT?
MRI
What involves crusting, bleeding, scarring along the midline of the face and tip of the nose?
Herpes Zoster Opthalmicus
Vision loss progressing from slight visual field loss to complete blindness
Chronic Glaucoma
Glaucoma common in Inuits and Eastern Asians
Chronic angle-closure glaucoma-flow of aqueous fluid into anterior chamber is obstructed
Chronic Glaucoma Symptoms
Early disease-asymptomatic
Loss of peripheral vision-may progress to tunnel vision
Bumping into objects (due to peripheral vision loss)
Pooping, delivery, coughin.
Vitreous hemorrhage
Clinical and orbital imaging abnormalities caused by deposition of mucopolysaccharides and infiltration with chronic inflammatory cells of the orbital tissues, particularly the extraocular muscles.
Thyroid Eye Disease
When to refer acute angle-closure glaucoma?
Any patient, must be referred emergently to an ophthalmologist
Cataract TX
Surgery
Marcus-Gunn Pupil
Optic Neuritis
“Bleeding within the eye”
Vitreous Hemorrhage
“Box-Car” segmentation
Retinal arterial occlusion
What should you avoid with hyphema?
Aspirin
Uveitis Exam-Anterior
Conjunctival vessel dilation, ciliary flush, small pupil size of affected eye, hypoopyon, KP precipitates (Keratitis) on posterior surface of cornea
What is another word for cross eyes?
Strabismus
What can cause subconjunctival hemorrhage?
Sudden sneezing. Straining.
Progressive loss of central vision (years), painless, bilateral
Dry ARMD
What is an infection of the lacrimal sac from blocking of the nasolacrimal system?
Dacrocystitis
Cataract Key Points
No pain or redness
Lens opacity
Gradually progressive blurred vision
May be cause by pooping, birth, coughing
Vitreous hemorrhage
What is an inflammation of the conjunctiva?
Conjunctivitis
Cataract Exam-Congenital
Lens opacity w/in 3 months. First sign is loss of light reflex. MUST RULE OUT TUMOR! The big things with kids with a white lens is cancer..See white reflection in photo of infant. Usually found in newborns
Retinal Detachment Exam
Slit Lamp exam (focuses on eye structures in great detail with single lens beam)
Dilated fundus exam with opthamoloscope exam
Vitreous Hemorrhage Etiology
Retinal tear. Retinal vein occlusion. Retinal Vasculitis Blood dyspraxia (diseases that cause bleeding) Hemorrhage Sever Straining Trauma