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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
Anatomical Approach ... Cornea 5. ... Ocular Adverse Effects ... Trauma Cornea ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology
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. ... Retina B. ... #Ophthalmology
Xeropthalmia: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations

Decr Visual pigment -> Keratinization, thickening & non-wetting of the conjunctiva
Pathogenesis and Ocular ... production -> Corneal ... #Xeropthalmia #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
Impaired extra-ocular ... -> Corneal drying ... Orbital #Cellulitis #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Conjunctivitis, corneal ... Episcleritis Ocular ... Unilateral or bilateral symptoms ... Conjunctivitis #ocular ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Aqueous Humor Production and Drainage
 • Provides nutrition, removes wastes, and transports neurotransmitters to the avascular
avascular lens and cornea ... structural integrity of ocular ... circulation #AqueousHumor ... Drainage #flow #Pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Astigmatism: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Astigmatism - deviation from spherical curvature of the lens or eye

Refracting power
rule astigmatism: cornea ... of focus on the retina ... • Headache • Ocular ... #astigmatism #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
pathways occur at the retina ... hypothalamus, and visual cortex ... - Autonomic symptoms ... glaucoma - Ocular ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Acute Closed Angle Glaucoma: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
OPHTHALMIC EMERGENCY: Early detection is essential, but most patients
lights are a key symptom ... -> crowding of ocular ... obstruction • Corneal ... ClosedAngle #Glaucoma #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Myopia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Axial length of eye -> Long axial length of the
of the eye (ex. cornea ... of one or more ocular ... in front of the retina ... vision #Myopia #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology