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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
Chronic Vision Loss by Anatomic Location - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cornea:
 • Keratoconus
 • Stromal Scaring
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... or Edema: • Age ... Degeneration (Wet, Dry) Retina ... Edema: • Diabetic ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
- Differential Diagnosis ... visual field defect are ... specks in the vision ... tear/holeRetinal ... #Ocular #ophthalmology
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Secondary Causes ... - Differential Diagnosis ... on repeat clinic ... monitor, Self/Home ... steroids) • Renin-Angiotensin
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Causes of Secondary ... and Differential Diagnosis ... damage such as retinal ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... women and age/2 ... claudication, headaches, vision ... Role of temporal ... Nice to be confident
Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Risk factors -> Incr IOP, Incr age, African-American
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Incr IOP, Incr age ... family history, diabetes ... intra- or peri-ocular ... #Secondary #
Scleritis - Scleritis is a rare but emergent cause of a red eye.  It is
or trauma, or secondary ... most treatable), nodular ... associated with retinal ... glaucoma, and vision ... #Clinical #Ophth