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Trachoma: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Environmental Factors -> Bacterial infection is encouraged by poor hygiene
Transmission -> Eye-seeking ... from nasal or ocular ... of the limbal cornea ... Lubrication • Dry eye ... Trachoma #Chlamydia #pathophysiology
Xeropthalmia: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations

Decr Visual pigment -> Keratinization, thickening & non-wetting of the conjunctiva
Pathogenesis and Ocular ... conjunctiva and cornea ... • Loss of the eye ... non-functional eye ... #Xeropthalmia #pathophysiology
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
all coats of the eye ... - Impinges on ocular ... Impaired extra-ocular ... Proptosis -> Exposes cornea ... Orbital #Cellulitis #pathophysiology
Selected Differential Diagnosis of Eye Pain: Key Features and Management Options

Conjunctiva

 - Bacterial conjunctivitis

 - Viral
Differential Diagnosis of Eye ... - Scleritis Cornea ... Ophthalmology #Eye ... #Ocular #Pain #
Approach to an Eye Exam

1. History
2. Obvious Physical Trauma
3. Initial Assessment
  A. Visual Acuity
Approach to an Eye ... Ocular Movements ... Cornea D. ... Blood Vessels #Ocular
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 to Eye ... Cornea 5. ... Ocular Adverse Effects ... in vision • Eye ... with or without eye
Hyperopia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Axial length of eye -> Short axial length of the
Axial length of eye ... length of the eye ... structures of the eye ... (ex. cornea, lens ... #Hyperopia #pathophysiology
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Red Eye - Differential ... Redness in the eye ... Episcleritis Ocular ... Blepharitis Cornea ... #ocular #differential
Strabismus - Ocular Misalignment - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Phoria:
 • Latent deviation
 • Symmetrical corneal light reflex,
Strabismus - Ocular ... Diagnosis Algorithm Phoria ... • Esophoria (eye ... • Exophoria (eye ... #Strabismus #Ocular
Onchocerciasis “River Blindness”: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations
Vectorial Transmission
-> Onchocerca volvulus, a parasitic helminth, matures in to
Pathogenesis and Ocular ... Microfilariae enter the eye ... RiverBlindness #pathophysiology