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Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis
Lids:
 • Stye (a.k.a. hordeolum)
 • Chalazion
 • Blepharitis
 • Periorbital cellulitis
Conjunctiva
Periorbital cellulitis Conjunctiva ... Cornea: • Corneal ... Keratitis (i.e. corneal ... Chamber: • Acute ... Diagnosis #table #causes
Selected Differential Diagnosis of Eye Pain: Key Features and Management Options

Conjunctiva

 - Bacterial conjunctivitis

 - Viral
Management Options Conjunctiva ... - Scleritis Cornea ... keratitis - Corneal ... chambers - Acute ... #Ocular #Pain #
Eye Anatomy and Key Diagnoses Rule of 2s - Anterior Eye - Utilize slit lamp exam
Diagnoses Rule of 2s - Anterior ... Diagnosis #EM #Ophth #Anterior ... RuleOfTwos #Table #Conjunctiva ... #Cornea #AnteriorChamber ... #Lens #ALiEM
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
of the bulbar conjunctiva ... periorbital tissue (anterior ... Impaired extra-ocular ... Proptosis -> Exposes cornea ... -> Corneal drying
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Conjunctivitis, corneal ... like the sclera, anterior ... Episcleritis Ocular ... Blepharitis Cornea ... • Corneal ulcer
Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
Cornea 5. ... Anterior Chamber ... Trauma Cornea ... Keratitis • Corneal ... Nucleus Visual Cortex
Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
Chronic: - Cornea ... pituitary tumor) Acute ... Painful: Keratitis, Corneal ... Abrasion, Anterior ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Atraumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lids / Orbit / Lacrimal System:
 • Blepharitis
 • Stye
Atraumatic Red Eye ... Orbital Cellulitis Ocular ... Conjunctivitis • Corneal ... • Keratitis/Corneal ... Intraocular: • Acute
Approach to an Eye Exam

1. History
2. Obvious Physical Trauma
3. Initial Assessment
  A. Visual Acuity
Approach to an Eye ... Ocular Movements ... Sclera/ Conjunctiva ... Cornea D. ... Anterior Chamber
Onchocerciasis “River Blindness”: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations
Vectorial Transmission
-> Onchocerca volvulus, a parasitic helminth, matures in to
Pathogenesis and Ocular ... Microfilariae enter the eye ... directly from the conjunctiva ... stromal keratitis -> Corneal ... Chorioretinitis • Anterior