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Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
Ocular Adverse Effects ... vein occlusions ... vision → visual loss ... vein occlusions ... #ophthalmology
Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO)
Clinical:
 • Sudden, painless, monocular loss of vision 
 • "Blood and
Central Retinal Vein ... Occlusion (CRVO ... painless, monocular loss ... #CRVO #Diagnosis ... #Ophthalmology
Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO)
 - Pathophysiology not fully understood; possibly due to thrombus located in
Occlusion (CRVO ... ) - Pathophysiology ... cause of vision loss ... ) #Clinical #Ophthalmology ... #Fundoscopy #Central
Xeropthalmia: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations

Decr Visual pigment -> Keratinization, thickening & non-wetting of the conjunctiva
Pathogenesis and Ocular ... -> Goblet cell loss ... #Xeropthalmia #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #signs
Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
Vision Loss - Differential ... Diagnosis Chronic ... : - Cornea: ... Central Retinal Vein ... #causes #ophthalmology
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Differential Diagnosis ... : • Corneal abrasion ... Retinal artery or vein ... occlusion, Lens ... #causes #ophthalmology
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Diagnosis Framework ... Episcleritis Ocular ... retinal artery occlusion ... Central retinal vein ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
Impaired extra-ocular ... -> Corneal drying ... Orbital #Cellulitis #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #signs
Transient Monocular Vision loss - Differential Diagnosis
Ischemia	
 - Large artery disease (atherothrombosis, embolus, dissection).
  -
Monocular Vision loss ... vasculitis) Retinal vein ... changes in gaze/eye ... Ocular causes - ... #Ophthalmology
Hyperopia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Axial length of eye -> Short axial length of the
may alter where ... (ex. cornea, lens ... Light rays require less ... #Hyperopia #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology