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

Conjunctiva

 - Bacterial conjunctivitis

 - Viral
Differential Diagnosis of Eye ... Key Features and Management ... - Scleritis Cornea ... keratitis - Corneal ... #Diagnosis #Ophthalmology
Atraumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lids / Orbit / Lacrimal System:
 • Blepharitis
 • Stye
Atraumatic Red Eye ... Hemorrhage • Conjunctivitis ... • Corneal Abrasion ... • Keratitis/Corneal ... Algorithm #Causes #Ophthalmology
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Red Eye - Differential ... , corneal abrasions ... Blepharitis Cornea ... • Corneal ulcer ... #Red #eye #Conjunctivitis
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. ... Trauma Cornea ... Keratitis • Corneal ... Conjunctiva/Uvea: • Conjunctivitis ... Blurry Vision Red
Gonococcal conjunctivitis: ocular emergency; risk perforation of cornea 
Clinical features: purulent discharge +++, chemosis (conjunctival oedema),
Gonococcal conjunctivitis ... perforation of cornea ... Clinical features ... periorbital oedema, rapid ... #Ophthalmology
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm Clinical ... VI palsy is a red ... • Examine both eyes ... Functional • Corneal ... Algorithm #Causes #Ophthalmology
FIGURE 3. KERATIC PRECIPITATES. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS AND JONATHAN TROBE, MD.

In addition to a good
perform a thorough eye ... cells deposited on corneal ... performed in the ED ... #Clinical #Ophthalmology
Astigmatism: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Astigmatism - deviation from spherical curvature of the lens or eye

Refracting power
of the lens or eye ... Refracting power of the cornea ... rule astigmatism: cornea ... rule astigmatism: cornea ... passing through the cornea
Bitot's Spots- A 4-year-old boy was brought by his father to the ophthalmology clinic with a
father to the ophthalmology ... clinic with a 1 ... near the outer corners ... as a result of corneal ... dysfunction of rod