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Selected Differential Diagnosis of Eye Pain: Key Features and Management Options

Conjunctiva

 - Bacterial conjunctivitis

 - Viral
Selected Differential ... Diagnosis of Eye ... Pain: Key Features ... Other - Cluster headache ... Differential
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
- Differential ... between visual and pain ... Disorder of the eyes ... : - Acute angle-closure ... #differential #
Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis
Red Flags (SNOOP):
S - Systemic		
N - Neurologic
Red Flags and Differential ... unilateral • Around Eye ... /Temple • Pain ... quickly, deep pain ... Lacrimation, Red Eye
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
Dangerous Causes of Headache ... in vision, red eye ... dissection: unilateral pain ... Fatal #Dangerous #Deadly ... #Differential
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
pressure, acute-angle ... pressure - Acute angle ... • Acute red eye ... pupils - Acute angle ... symptoms #clues #differential
Proptosis - Differential Diagnosis - Unilateral vs Bilateral
Unilateral:
 • Infections (can become bilateral with cavernous sinus
Proptosis - Differential ... • Fevers • Eye ... painEye redness ... Ophthalmoplegia • HeadacIae ... #Proptosis #Differential
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
Floaters - Differential ... • Spots in the eyes ... movement, retrobulbar pain ... with onset of a headache ... #Floaters #Differential
Transient Monocular Vision loss - Differential Diagnosis
Ischemia	
 - Large artery disease (atherothrombosis, embolus, dissection).
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Vision loss - Differential ... with migraine headaches ... changes in gaze/eye ... intraocular pressure (angle ... Monocular #VisionLoss #Differential
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes of Headache ... Glaucoma—acute angle ... - History of pain ... ; "worst headache ... signs #symptoms #differential
Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
Blurry Vision - Differential ... Anatomical Approach to Eye ... Migraine • Acute angle-closure ... pain (with or without ... Blurry #Vision #differential