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35 Cards in this Set
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severe eye pain, headache, nausea, vomiting, HALOS AROUND LIGHTS, and decreased vision. Cornea appears dilated. |
Acute Angle-closure glaucoma |
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retinal detachment |
scotoma |
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cholesteatoma |
CAULIFLOWER like growth accompanied by foul smelling ear discharge. caused by tumor that can erode into face and bones affecting CN7. |
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battle sign |
bruise behind ear over the mastoid area after recent trauma. check for clear discharge. positive for glucose. |
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sore throat, fever, and markedly swollen neck (BULL NECK). Soft palate are coated with a gray to yellow colored pseudomembrane. |
Diptheria |
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bluish, pale, and or boggy nasal turbinates |
allergic rhinitis |
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papilledema |
optic disc swollen with blurred edges due to inc. ICP. |
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copper and silver arterioles |
hypertensive retinopathy |
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opacity of the corneas, can be caused by chronic steroids. |
Cataracts |
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small sized red papules with blue-white centers inside the cheeks by the lower molars. |
Kopliks Spots |
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ishihara chart |
color blindness detection |
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legal blindness |
cbest corrected visiom of 20/200 or less than 20 degrees of a visual field (tunnel vision) |
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hordeolum |
stye - painful acute bacterial infection of a hair follicle on the eyelid (meibomian gland) |
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pinguecula |
a yellow triangular thickening of the bulbar conjunctiva, caused by UV light damage. |
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pterygium |
a yellow triangular WEDGE SHAPED thickening of the conjunctiva from nasal to temporal cornea. due to uv damaged collagen from chronic sun exposure. |
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Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma |
Gradual Onset, inc. IOP greater than 22 mm Hg. CN 2 retina becomes permanently damaged by ischemia. |
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Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma |
Sudden blockage of aqueous humor |
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Macular Degeneration |
atrophic (dry form) is more common. exudative (wet form) is responsible for 80% of vision loss. leading cause of blindness in adults. |
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sjogrens syndrome |
chronic autoimmune disorder characterized by decreased function of the lacrimal and salivary glands |
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blepharitis |
irritation of the eyelash area. Johnsons baby shampoo with warm water. Consider erythromycin eye gtts. |
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strep throat |
First line - PCN qid x 10 days. if pcn ax zpack x5 days, levaquin x10 days unless less than 18 y.o. |
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bullous myringitis and AOM |
acute otitis media subtype with blisters on TM. amoxicillin is gold standard. |
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meningitis |
acute knset of high fever stiff neck, severe headache, photophobia, toxic. positive brudzinski or kernig sign. |
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Cortisporin Otic suspension qid x7 days |
otitis externa (swimmers ear), painful tragus |
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infectious mono |
eppstein-barr virus (herpes family) classic triad: fatigue, acute pharyngitis, lymphadenopathy. Enlarged posterior cervical nodes |
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a patient with mono whose symptoms started 3 days ago |
could have a negative monospot |
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cotton wool spots |
dull yellowish white coloration of retina due to swelling of the retina r/t decreased blood flow...diabetes, microaneurysms |
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viral vs bacterial conjuctivitis |
viral - profuse tearing with minimal exudate bacterial - moderate tearing and exudate |
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arcus senilis |
arc or circle arpund the cornea that is common in adults >50 |
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ototoxic medications |
aspirin, vanco, aminoglycosides, erythromycin, loop diuretics |
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cloudy, buldging TM with impaired mobility |
AOM |
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dacrocystitis |
infection or blockage of lacrimal sac and duct |
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kiesselbacus plexus |
most common site of epistaxis |
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epigastric pain that is boring into the midback, positive cullens sign and grey turners sign. (blue discoloration around umbilicus and flanks). acute fever, n/v |
Acute pancreatitis |
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rsovigs sign |
deep palpation of LLQ causes radiation of pain to the right lpwer quadrant |
