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Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
Chronic: - Cornea ... - Unilateral, Painful ... : Keratitis, Corneal ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #ophthalmology
Trachoma: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Environmental Factors -> Bacterial infection is encouraged by poor hygiene
Pathogenesis and clinical ... of the limbal cornea ... the peripheral cornea ... fibrosis => • Corneal ... #ophthalmology
Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
Conjunctiva/Sclera ... Cornea 5. ... Trauma Cornea ... Keratitis • Corneal ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Conjunctivitis, corneal ... Blepharitis Cornea ... • Is the eye painful ... • Corneal ulcer ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Proptosis -> Exposes cornea ... -> Corneal drying ... Orbital #Cellulitis #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Traumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Surface Injury:
 • Corneal Abrasion
 • Ultraviolet Keratitis
 • Chemical
Surface Injury: • Corneal ... Laceration • Conjunctiva ... hemorrhage • Cornea ... hemorrhage • Retina ... #Ophthalmology
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Vision Loss: • Corneal ... Vision Loss: • Retinal ... or hemorrhage, Retinal ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #ophthalmology
Hyperopia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Axial length of eye -> Short axial length of the
Pathogenesis and clinical ... of the eye (ex. cornea ... point behind the retina ... #Hyperopia #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Astigmatism: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Astigmatism - deviation from spherical curvature of the lens or eye

Refracting power
Pathogenesis and clinical ... Refracting power of the cornea ... rule astigmatism: cornea ... rule astigmatism: cornea ... passing through the cornea
FIGURE 2. UVEITIS.  COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS AND JONATHAN TROBE, MD.

The classic symptoms of anterior
uveitis include: - Painful ... eye, conjunctival ... the edge of the cornea ... iris to lens) #Clinical ... #Ophthalmology