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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
Anatomical Approach to Eye ... Ocular Adverse Effects ... Keratitis • Corneal ... • Sjögren’s syndrome ... hyperviscosity syndrome
Selected Differential Diagnosis of Eye Pain: Key Features and Management Options

Conjunctiva

 - Bacterial conjunctivitis

 - Viral
Differential Diagnosis of Eye ... Key Features and Management ... keratitis - Corneal ... Ophthalmology #Eye ... #Ocular #Pain #
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Conjunctivitis, corneal ... Episcleritis Ocular ... • Corneal ulcer ... Hyphema • Contact lens ... #ocular #differential
Xeropthalmia: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations

Decr Visual pigment -> Keratinization, thickening & non-wetting of the conjunctiva
Pathogenesis and Ocular ... production -> Corneal ... • Loss of the eye ... non-functional eye ... #Xeropthalmia #pathophysiology
Iridodonesis

Physical examination revealed iridodonesis, or “dancing” of the iris, which was elicited by rapid movement of
movement of the eye ... that occurs with eye ... dislocation of the lens ... with Marfan’s syndrome ... Ophthalmology #Signs #Ocular
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
all coats of the eye ... - Impinges on ocular ... Impaired extra-ocular ... Exposes cornea -> Corneal ... Orbital #Cellulitis #pathophysiology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... (IBS) - Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis and Management ... #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Management
Keratoconus: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Genetics
 • Family history of keratoconus
 • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
 • Down, Turner,
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome ... Turner, Marfan syndromes ... Factors • Contact lens ... use • Eye rubbing ... #Keratoconus #pathophysiology
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
change • Contact lens ... wearing • Ocular ... Chalazion • Contact lens ... retraction of one eye ... contralateral eye
Onchocerciasis “River Blindness”: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations
Vectorial Transmission
-> Onchocerca volvulus, a parasitic helminth, matures in to
Pathogenesis and Ocular ... Microfilariae enter the eye ... stromal keratitis -> Corneal ... RiverBlindness #pathophysiology