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Amblyopia ("Lazy Eye"): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Amblyopia => 
Interruption of visual stimulation during childhood visual development
Eye"): Pathogenesis ... eye -> Atrophy ... primary visual cortex ... #LazyEye #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Amblyopia - Lazy Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Deprivational - Obstruction of Visual Axis:
 • Ptosis
 •
Amblyopia - Lazy ... Eye - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Congenital Corneal ... #Causes #Ophthalmology
Xeropthalmia: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations

Decr Visual pigment -> Keratinization, thickening & non-wetting of the conjunctiva
Pathogenesis and Ocular ... • Loss of the eye ... non-functional eye ... #Xeropthalmia #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Trachoma: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Environmental Factors -> Bacterial infection is encouraged by poor hygiene
Transmission -> Eye-seeking ... from nasal or ocular ... Lubrication • Dry eye ... Trachoma #Chlamydia #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Atraumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lids / Orbit / Lacrimal System:
 • Blepharitis
 • Stye
Atraumatic Red Eye ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Orbital Cellulitis Ocular ... • Keratitis/Corneal ... #Causes #Ophthalmology
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
- Impinges on ocular ... Impaired extra-ocular ... -> Corneal drying ... Orbital #Cellulitis #pathophysiology ... #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
Strabismus - Ocular Misalignment - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Phoria:
 • Latent deviation
 • Symmetrical corneal light reflex,
Strabismus - Ocular ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Symmetrical corneal ... #Strabismus #Ocular ... #Causes #Ophthalmology
Astigmatism: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Astigmatism - deviation from spherical curvature of the lens or eye

Refracting power
of the lens or eye ... rule astigmatism: cornea ... • Headache • Ocular ... #astigmatism #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Bitot's Spots- A 4-year-old boy was brought by his father to the ophthalmology clinic with a
father to the ophthalmology ... near the outer corners ... The ocular findings ... as a result of corneal ... NEJM #clinical #photo