Week 2 Flashcards
How can you identify areas of epithelila loss?
Fluorescein drops
What can traumatic uveitis present with?
Dilated pupil, sensitive to light
What is a hyphaema?
Blood (red blood cells) in the anterior chamber
What is a hypoium?
White blood cells in anterior chamber
What test can be done for a penetrating injury?
Siedels test
What condition results from penetrating injury to one eye, autoimmune reaction in BIOTH eyes, inflammation in BOTH eyes and may lead to bilateral blindness?
SympATHETIC OPHTHALMIA
What might a hammer and chisel injuries cause to eye?
Intra-ocular foreign bodies
What should you always do when suspecting an intra-ocular foreign body?
X-ray
What substance can give cicatrising changes to conjunctiva and cornea?
Alkali
What might limbal ischaemia present like?
China white sign
What must be done for chemical injuries to eyes?
Thorough irrigation
What substances should you be aware of in chemical injuries?
Lime and cement
What should be used for irrigation?
2l saline
What is the term for swollen spotic discs secondary to raised intracranial pressure?
Papilloedema
What should all patients with bilateral optic disc swelling be suspected of having?
Raised ICP due to space occupying lesion
What does interruption of axoplasmic flow and venous congestion cause?
Swollen discs
What three components make up intracranial pressure?
Brain - 80%
Blood - 10%
CSF - 10%
Whast should you always check with patients with raised intracranial pressure and disc swelling?
Blood pressure
Where is most CSF produced?
In lateral ventricles by choroid plexus
What exam is ophthalmoscopy a part of?
Cranial nerve 2 examination
What type of age related macular degeneration can cause sudden visual loss?
Wet type
What presents with sudden visual loss, painless, RAPD and pale oedematous retina with threat like retinal vessels?
Occlusion of retinal circulation - central retinal artery occlusion
How do you manage CRAO within 24 hours?
Ocular massage - try to convert CRAO to BRAO
cAROTID Doppler
Name two variants of retinal artery occlusion?
Branch retinal artery occlusion
Amaurosis fugax - transient CRAO
What presents with transient painless visual loss, like a curtain coming down and lasts 5 minutes with full recovery?
Transient CRAO - amaurosis fugax
How do you manage amaurosis fugax?
Immediate referral to TIA clinic
Aspitin
What presents with sudden visual loss, moderate to severe visual loss, retinal haemorrhages, dilated tortuous veins and disc swelling and macular swelling?
CRVO
Name a drug used to treat CRVO?
anti-VEGFs
What is the difference in colour between artery vs vein occlusion?
Artery goes pale
Vein goes dark
How does the optic nerve head circulation become occluded in ischaemic optic neuropathy?
Posterior ciliary arteries become occluded resulting in infarction of the optic nerve head