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| Ocular burning; eyelid margins red with scalingerythema, ecchymosis, edema of affected area |
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| Severe pain; nausea, vomiting; halos around lights; photophobia; cornea cloudy with variable decrease in vision; conjunctival hyperemia; pupil mid-dilated and fixed; firm globe; shallow anterior chamber |
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| Nontender in chronic lesions; localized erythema, edema of eyelids. Type of eyelid lesion. |
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| In this type of ocular cellulitis, Vision usually not affected; localized tenderness, erythema, edema; fever sometimes present |
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| This type of ocular cellulitis causes Chronic tearing; eyelash crusting; localized tenderness; circumscribed erythema, edema in the inferior medial canthal area; may be able to express purulent material from the nasolacrimal duct |
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| Localized tenderness, erythema, edema of eyelids; internal lesions pointing to external or internal eyelid surface; external lesions pointing to eyelid margin |
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| Localized tenderness sometimes present; erythema, ecchymosis, edema of affected area. Treatment includes cold compresses and possible CT scan if fracture is suspected. |
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| Pain; conjunctival hyperemia, chemosis; corneal haze, decreased visual acuity. Treatment includes immediate copious irrigation and emergent ophthalmologist referral. |
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| Pruritus; conjunctival hyperemia, chemosis; watery or stringy discharge. Treatment includes cold compresses, avoidance of triggers, and topical and/or systemic medications |
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| Photophobia with blepharospasm; mucopurulent discharge with eyelash mattering; edema, hyperemia; preauricular adenopathy only with hyper acute disorder. Treatment includes topical antibiotics and in some cases systemic antibiotics |
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| Bacterial conjunctivitis (Systemic antibiotics for gonococcal or chlamydial cause) |
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| Acute onset often associated with systemic illness; photophobia or foreign body sensation; preauricular adenopathy; hyperemia; chemosis; watery discharge; classic dendritic corneal lesion present with herpes simplex; periocular lesions present with_____ ______ _____. |
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| Viral conjunctivitis; Herpes Zoster opthalmicus |
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| Foreign body sensation with intense pain; photophobia; conjunctival hyperemia; may have decreased visual acuity; ulcers usually seen as white or opaque corneal lesion; immediate prior history of trauma common with abrasion but not erosion. Which type would require immediate referral? |
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| Corneal foreign body, abrasion or ulcer; Corneal ulcer |
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| Sandy, gritty, foreign body sensation; burning; pruritus; conjunctival hyperemia; decreased visual acuity |
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| Mild to severe pain; circumscribed erythema of affected sclera; vision unaffected. Usually self-limited. Refer to ophthalmologist |
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| Episcleritis or scleritis |
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| Microscopic or visible blood layering in anterior chamber usually after blunt trauma; often associated with other ocular symptoms. Urgent referral to ophthalmologist. |
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| Pain; photophobia; conjunctival hyperemia; pupil constriction; may have epiphora but no mucopurulent discharge. Urgent opth referral |
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| Pain, photophobia; conjunctival hyperemia; corneal cloudiness with stromal involvement |
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| Ocular irritation or pain when inflamed; dry eye symptoms; fleshy lesion medial on conjunctiva; with pterygium, lesion extending onto cornea. Use ocular lubricants, topical NSAIDS |
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| Pinguecula and pyerygium. |
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| No subjective symptoms; bright red spot of blood visible under overlying conjunctiva; remainder of conjunctiva white. Give reassurance as no treatment is necessary. |
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| Subconjunctival Hemorrhage |
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Are the following associated with sudden or gradual vision loss?:
• Acute angle-closure glaucoma • Central retinal vessel occlusion • Hyphema or other trauma • Endophthalmitis • Iritis or uveitis • Migraine • Optic neuritis • Retinal hemorrhage (macular area) • Stroke • Vitreous hemorrhage • Corneal ulcer • Giant cell arteritis (temporal arteritis) |
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| • Cataracts • Corneal opacities • Primary open-angle glaucoma • Iritis or uveitis* • Macular degeneration* • Pituitary tumor* • Retinal detachment* • Vitreous opacities |
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| a transient, unilateral episode of vision loss. This condition is typically caused by small embolic plaques that transiently occlude retinal circulation. An embolic workup is typically warranted. |
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| Warped or distorted central vision |
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| Accounts for 48% of world blindness according to WHO |
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| Eye wall trauma includes damage to which structures? |
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| A closed globe injury is defined as: |
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| non full-thickness wound of the eye wall. |
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| An eye contusion is defined as: |
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| Non full-thickness wound of the eye wall. |
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| A lamellar laceration of the eye is defined as: |
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| Partial-thickness wound of the eye wall |
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| A rupture injury of the eye is defined as: |
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| Full-thickness wound of the eye wall caused by a blunt object. |
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| An eye laceration is defined as: |
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| Full thickness wound of the eye wall caused by a sharp object. |
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| Penetrating injury of the eye is defined as: |
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| Entrance wound. If more than one wound is present, each must have been caused by a different agent. |
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| A perforating injury of the eye is defined as: |
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| Having entrance and exit wounds. Both wounds are caused by the same agent. |
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