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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 ... degeneration • Diabetic ... hole • Hypertensive ... hyperviscosity syndrome, diabetes ... #differential #diagnosis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
to 40 years of age ... association • M > F Clinical ... ulceration • Ocular ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... : Giant retinal
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... for patient’s age ... women and age/2 ... Role of temporal ... Nice to be confident
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis ... Epidemiology: - Bimodal age ... Ocular- 50%: Ptosis ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... Bedside: ice pack
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
MUCORMYCOSIS • Risk: Diabetes ... has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... osteoarticular, pulmonary, ocular ... Meningitis, septic arthritis