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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
Differential Diagnosis ... Ocular Adverse Effects ... degeneration • Diabetic ... hole • Hypertensive ... #differential #
Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
Vision Loss - Differential ... Diagnosis Chronic ... Cataracts - Macula: Macular ... : Diabetic retinopathy ... #Diagnosis #causes
Chronic Vision Loss by Anatomic Location - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cornea:
 • Keratoconus
 • Stromal Scaring
 •
Anatomic Location - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Degeneration (Wet, Dry) Retina ... Edema: • Diabetic ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Hypertension - Differential ... on repeat clinic ... monitor, Self/Home ... steroids) • Renin-Angiotensin ... #Nephrology #Differential
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
Floaters - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... specks in the vision ... tear/holeRetinal ... #Diagnosis #Ocular
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
and Headache - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... pathways occur at the retina ... - Miosis Secondary ... glaucoma - Ocular
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Causes of Secondary ... Hypertension - Workup and Differential ... Diagnosis Approach ... damage such as retinal ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
initiation Clinical ... skin lesions, ocular ... such as double vision ... Zoster flare, ocular ... : encephalitis secondary
Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Risk factors -> Incr IOP, Incr age, African-American
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... family history, diabetes ... intra- or peri-ocular ... island of central vision ... #Secondary #