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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
Xeropthalmia: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations

Decr Visual pigment -> Keratinization, thickening & non-wetting of the conjunctiva
production -> Corneal ... • Loss of the eye ... non-functional eye ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
all coats of the eye ... Proptosis -> Exposes cornea ... -> Corneal drying ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Approach to an Eye Exam

1. History
2. Obvious Physical Trauma
3. Initial Assessment
  A. Visual Acuity
Approach to an Eye ... Accommodation, RAPD ... Cornea D. ... EyeExamination #Approach #Ophthalmology
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Conjunctivitis, corneal ... Blepharitis Cornea ... Unilateral or bilateral symptoms ... • Corneal ulcer ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
 •
• Examine both eyes ... • Neurologic symptoms ... Functional • Corneal ... Cranial Nerve IV - Eye ... Algorithm #Causes #Ophthalmology
Glaucoma - Emergency Department Management
- All patients should get emergency ophthalmologic consultation
- Start with eye drops
Emergency Department Management ... get emergency ophthalmologic ... consultation - Start with eye ... or refractory symptoms ... #Ophthalmology
Keratoconus: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Genetics
 • Family history of keratoconus
 • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
 • Down, Turner,
Contact lens use • Eye ... Bilateral, asymmetric corneal ... Keratoconus Signs / Symptoms ... Rizutti's Sign • Corneal ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology
Acute Closed Angle Glaucoma: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
OPHTHALMIC EMERGENCY: Early detection is essential, but most patients
present with a red eye ... lights are a key symptom ... Occurs in small eyes ... obstruction • Corneal ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology
Fusarium Eye Infections - Keratitis and Endophthalmitis
Fungal Keratitis is an infection of the cornea that is
infection of the cornea ... will result in corneal ... hours-days of symptom ... during fungemia) • Symptoms ... Endophthalmitis #ocular #ophthalmology