UNIT 3: Follow Up Care Flashcards
Subjective Analysis : Wearing Time
- Consistency
- At time of visit
- Day before
Subjective Analysis : Vision and Comfort Problems
- When do they occur?
- Do they subside or become worse?
- Feeling
- Burning
- Itching
- Fogging
- Slipping
- Vision
- Photophobia
- Edge blur
- Spectacle blue
- Injection
Methods of Lens Care
- Have the patient describe and demonstrate how
they care for their lenses. - Correct and instruct as needed
- Verify consistency of cleaning and disinfection
Types and Brands of Solutions Used
- Have the patient bring all lens care solutions to each visit.
- Compare to solutions originally dispensed
- Check preservatives
- Check compatibility of solutions
Objective Analysis : Soft Lenses
- Visual Acuity:
- Steep Lenses
- Flat Lenses
- Uncorrected astigmatism
- Presbyopia - Near acuity
- Dehydration - Environment, Medications
- Deposits
- Inside-out lens
- Blinking
- Biomicroscopy with lenses:
- Lens Movement: Sclerotic Scatter, Direct
- .5 - 1mm on upward gaze
- Free movement, no conjunctival drag
- Lens Position: Sclerotic Scatter, Direct
- Full corneal coverage
- 1mm beyond the visible iris
- Lens defects: Direct, Retro
- Splits
- Nicks
- Lens Deposits: Direct, Retro
- Organic
- Inorganic
- Keratometry with lenses:
- Quality of the mires
- Stability of the mires
- Retinoscopy with lenses:
- Quality of the reflex
- Stability of the reflex
- Lens Movement: Sclerotic Scatter, Direct
- Biomicroscopy without lenses:
- Bulbar Conjunctiva: Direct, Indirect
- Circumcorneal Injection
- Cysts
- Pingueculas
- Cornea: Direct, Sclerotic Scatter, Retro,
Specular Reflection
- Neovascularization
Conjuctival Cyst
Pinguecula
Pterygium
Cornea Parallel Piped
Cornea: Sclerotic Scatter
Cornea: Specular Reflection
Cornea: Neovascularization
- Blood vessel growth into the cornea
- Causes:
- Lack of O2
- Stimulation of limbal vessels
- Infection
- Injury
- Surgery
Circumcorneal Injection & Neovascularization
Neovascularization
Objective Analysis: Soft Lenses
- Biomicroscopy without lenses:
- Cornea:
- Edema: Vertical Striae Polymegathism
- Infiltrates, Ulcers
- Staining:
- Arcuate
- SPK Superficial Punctate Keratitis
- SLK Superior Limbic Keratoconjunctivitis
- Foreign Body
- Inferior Removal Stain
- Cornea:
Vertical Striae, a series of parallel, whitish lines in the deep stroma
Polymegathism
Pseudominas Ulcer
- Mascara, solutions, dirt, water, extended wear
contact, weakened immune system (AIDS)
Acanthamoeba
- Has been detected in contaminated water
supplies, hot tubs and swimming pools/ it
invades the cornea through an abrasion.
Inferior Removal Stain
Superficial Punctate Keratitis
Superior Limbic Keratoconjunctivits (SLK)
Objective Analysis: Soft Lenses
- Keratometry without lenses:
- Change in readings within 0.50 diopter
- Quality of the mires
- Lens Inspection:
- Deposits
- Discoloration
- Damage
- Power
Soft Lens Tear with Fungus
Soft Lens Deposits