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Onchocerciasis “River Blindness”: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations
Vectorial Transmission
-> Onchocerca volvulus, a parasitic helminth, matures in to
Onchocerciasis “River Blindness ... Pathogenesis and Ocular ... Anterior uveitis => Blindness
Vitreous Hemorrhage on Ocular POCUS

Binocular vision loss - think cortical blindness, opt for CT/MRI
Monocular vision loss
Hemorrhage on Ocular ... think cortical blindness ... Vitreous #Hemorrhage #Ocular
Acute Closed Angle Glaucoma: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
OPHTHALMIC EMERGENCY: Early detection is essential, but most patients
Significant cause of blindness ... frequent cause of blindness ... -> crowding of ocular ... nerve damage & blindness
Retinitis Pigmentosa: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations
 • Inherited mutation of rhodopsin gene -> Mode of inheritance
Pathogenesis and Ocular ... formation • Macular ... atrophy • Cystoid macular ... edema => Blindness
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
- Impinges on ocular ... Impaired extra-ocular ... Endopthalmitis -> Blindness
Trachoma: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Environmental Factors -> Bacterial infection is encouraged by poor hygiene
from nasal or ocular ... • Dry eye => Blindness
Xeropthalmia: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations

Decr Visual pigment -> Keratinization, thickening & non-wetting of the conjunctiva
Pathogenesis and Ocular ... Nyctalopia (night blindness
Bitot's Spots- A 4-year-old boy was brought by his father to the ophthalmology clinic with a
The ocular findings ... can also cause blindness ... particularly night blindness
Fusarium Eye Infections - Keratitis and Endophthalmitis
Fungal Keratitis is an infection of the cornea that is
to irreversible blindness ... Endophthalmitis #ocular
Causes of Blurred vision, Blindness, Scotomata by Anatomic Location

#Blurred #vision #Blurry #Scotomata #Anatomy #differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Blurred vision, Blindness