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

Conjunctiva

 - Bacterial conjunctivitis

 - Viral
Key Features and Management ... - Scleritis Cornea ... keratitis - Corneal ... neuritis - Orbital ... #Eye #Ocular #Pain
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
Impaired extra-ocular ... Proptosis -> Exposes cornea ... -> Corneal drying ... #Cellulitis #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Xeropthalmia: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations

Decr Visual pigment -> Keratinization, thickening & non-wetting of the conjunctiva
Pathogenesis and Ocular ... production -> Corneal ... conjunctiva and cornea ... blindness) • Corneal ... dryness of the cornea
Atraumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lids / Orbit / Lacrimal System:
 • Blepharitis
 • Stye
Atraumatic Red Eye ... Cellulitis Ocular ... Conjunctivitis • Corneal ... • Keratitis/Corneal ... Algorithm #Causes #Ophthalmology
Trachoma: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Environmental Factors -> Bacterial infection is encouraged by poor hygiene
from nasal or ocular ... of the limbal cornea ... the peripheral cornea ... fibrosis => • Corneal ... #ophthalmology
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 ... Keratitis • Corneal
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 ... #Ophthalmology
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Conjunctivitis, corneal ... ophthalmicus • Orbital ... Blepharitis Cornea ... • Corneal ulcer ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Onchocerciasis “River Blindness”: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations
Vectorial Transmission
-> Onchocerca volvulus, a parasitic helminth, matures in to
Pathogenesis and Ocular ... Microfilariae enter the eye ... stromal keratitis -> Corneal ... RiverBlindness #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Keratoconus: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Genetics
 • Family history of keratoconus
 • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
 • Down, Turner,
Contact lens use • Eye ... Bilateral, asymmetric corneal ... Rizutti's Sign • Corneal ... #Keratoconus #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology