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Best way to check for early atherosclerosis?
eye exam
What to check in basic eye exam (6)
1)visual acuity/fields
2)external exam
3)motility
4)pupils
5)fundiscopic exam
6)intraocular pressure
Eyelash has 2 major parts and an infection of each causes what?
1)sebaceous gland (STY)
2)tarsal gland (CHALZION)
SCREENING test for visual acuity and medical term for normal vision
pocket eye chart

emmetropia
Eye abbreviations
a)right eye
b)left eye
c)both eyes
a)OD
b)OL
c)OU
Interpret 20/200 (normal is 20/20)
you see at 20ft what normal person sees @ 400ft
Visual Acuity testing in
a)newborns
b)3months-2yrs
c)2yrs until alphabet known
a)can NOT be test, just see if they can focus on an object w/o sound
b)test for fixation and maintaining fixation
c)use picture chart
Test for color blindness w/...
ishihara plates
Myopia
a)cause
b)other name
c)what will improve it?
d)how to treat
a)long eye
b)nearsightedness
c)pinpoint (like looking thru small hole/squint)
d)(-) diopters
Hyperopia
a)cause
b)other name
c)how to treat
a)short eye
b)farsightedness
c)(+) diopters
What is astigmatism
non-spherical surface of cornea
Presbyopia
a)what is cause
b)how to treat
a)old age sighted
b)bifocals
If a person loses L eye vision where is the lesions?
lose L optic nerve before chiasm (SAME GOES WITH R EYE BLINDNESS)
If a person loses lateral (outer) vision where is the lesion?
bilateral hemiopia (optic chiasm)
If a person loses LEFT LATERAL and RIGHT NASAL where is the lesion?
R optic tract after chiasm
If a person loses LEFT NASAL and RIGHT LATERAL where is the lesion?
L optic tract after chiasm
3 types of field of vision losses
1)macular degenration
2)diabetic retinopathy
3)glaucoma vision
Macular Degenration = what symptoms? (2)
1)most common cause of blindness in elderly
2)lose central field of vision
Diabetic retinopathy = what symptoms?
blot/dot losses
Glaucoma vision= what?
lose peripheral vision
Ptosis
a)symptoms?
b)pathophysiology (5)
a)drooping of upper eyelid
b)advanced age, trauma, surgery, pregnancy, chronic lid swelling, allergy
Extropion
a)what is it
b)treatment
a)eyelid everts out
b)NOTHING
Entropion
a)what is it
b)treatment
a)eyelid inverts
b)correct w/ surgery
Xanthelasma
a)what is it
b)cause
a)lipid deposits
b)high cholesterol
Exopthalmos
a)what is it
b)cause
c)how to tell if someone has it?
a)very wide open eyes
b)hyperthyroidism
c)can see white b/w upper eyelid and top of pupil/iris
Pterygium
a)what is it
b)other (2)
a)encroachment of the conjunctiva
b)common in OK due to dust in the air
c)if the encroachment is over the eye; correct w/ surgery
Pineguecula
a)what is it
b)will never....
a)subepithelial deposit of hyaline and elastic tissue
b)grow across cornea
Horner's Syndrome
a)symptoms
b)cause?
a)ptosis, myosis, facial anhidrosis
b)disruption of SNS (usually by stroke/tumor)
Bells Palsy
a)symptoms
b)cause
c)how to treat
a)incomplete, not close eye on affected side
b)Bells Palsy/virus
c)prednisone, acyclovir
Blepheritis
a)cause
b)treatment
a)chronic infection of eyelash
b)hygeine is best treatment
Viral Conjuctivitis
a)other name
b)symptoms (2)
c)treatment?
a)pink eye
b)watery discharge, WILL START IN ONE EYE AND THEN MOVE TO THE OTHER
c)give Abx so kid can go back to school
Bacterial Conjuctivitis
a)other name
b)symptoms (2)
a)pinkeye
b)purlent discharge, STARTS IN BOTH EYES @ SAME TIME
Allergic conjuctivitis symptoms
pale color
Keratoconjunctivitis
a)symptoms
c)treatment
a)dry eyes especially in the elderly
b)theratears
Epiphora
a)what is it
b)cause
a)excessive tearing
b)environment cold, drainage obstruction
Dacrocystitis
a)what is it
b)cause
a)inflammtion/infexn of the lacrimal sac
b)obstruction of the nasolacrimal system
Gonococcal conjuctivitis
a)what is it?
b)where seen?
a)gunk all over the eyes
b)in 3-5 day olds
Scleritis
a)what is it?
b)cause
c)other form
a)looks like burst blood vessel
b)autoimmune/none
c)episcleritis (scleritis is deeper than epi)
Periorbital cellulitis
a)involves...
b)what differentiates it from orbital
c)treatment
a)area of skin of eyelid to bony area that encloses the eye
b)EASY TO MOVE EYE
c)Abx
Orbital cellulitis
a)involves...
b)what differentiates it from periorbital
c)treatment
a)eye/eye structures within the bony cavity of face
b)HARD TO MOVE EYE
c)admit pt to hospital and treat w/ IV Abx
Subconjunctival hemmorrhage? (2)
1)mostly caused by straining
2)burst blood vessel
Eye motility memory helper thing
LR6, SO4, all the rest 3
CN6 controls lateral rectus
CN4 controls superior oblique
CN3 controls what eye movements (4)
1)superior rectus
2)medial rectus
3)inferior rectus
4)inferior oblique
Eye movement def
a)superior rectus
b)inferior oblique
c)lateral rectus
c)medial rectus
d)inferior rectus
e)superior oblique
(AS IF FACING PT)
a)up and to the left
b)up and to the right
c)left
c)right
d)down and to the left
e)down and to the right
Strabismis
a)what is it?
b)4types
a)occular misalignment
b)esotropia, exotropia, hypertropia, hypotropia
a)Esotropia
b)Exotropia
c)Hypertropia
d)Hypotropia
a)eye gazes inward
b)eye gazes outward
c)eye gazes upward
d)eye gazes downward
How to test for strabismis
Cover test; cover dominant eye and bad eye compensates

cover bad eye and dominant eye WONT move
Corneal light reflex (3)
1)tests for strabismis
2)light should be on equal spot on both eyes
3)astigma can distort this
Nystagmus (2)
1)few beats of end lateral nystagmus is NORMAL
2)alcohol causes a lot of nystagmus
2 paths to pupil constriction?
1)ocular motor nerve
2)optic nerve
How pupil constrict pathways work? (2)
1)shine light in R eye optic nerve causes constriction
2)motor nerve causes constriction in L eye via stimulation of optic nerve
Constriction reflex and...
a)R motor nerve lesion
b)R optic nerve lesion
a)light in R eye you get constriction in R eye and NOT in L eye
b)no constriction on either side if lite in R eye; constriction in both eyes if lite in L eye
Mydriasis
a)what is it?
b)causes (2)
c)what is MIOSIS
a)large, poorly reacting pupil (dilated)
b)acute glaucoma, pharmacologic mydriasis
c)small, poorly reacting pupil
Anioscoria
a)what is it
b)cause
a)unequal pupils that react normally
b)genetic
Argyll Robertson pupils
a)what is it
b)cause
a)small irregular pupils
b)neurosyphilis
Cataracts are...
opaquification of lens
Hyphema
a)what is it
b)cause
a)blood in interior chamber of eye
b)damage to interior of eye
Herpes dendrite
a)stipulation w/ it...
NO steroids in eye w/ any eye disease until herpes is ruled out (steroids will worsen the herpes)
Arcus senilis
a)what is it
b)cause
a)white ring around the eye
b)hypercholesterol if age over 40
Kaiser-flesher ring
a)cause?
Wilson's disease; which is a copper metabolism disease
Iritis
a)what is it/symptoms (5)
b)treatment
c)and....
d)other name
a1)redness of eyes
a2)small eyes
a3)pain
a4)photophobia
a5)blurring of vision

b)treatment w/ mydriatic eye drops
c)cats can get this
d)Uveitis
Glaucoma symptoms (7)
1)red eye
2)pain
3)slightly dilated pupil
4)shallow anterior chamber
5)incr intraocular pressure
6)HALF IRIS IN SHADOW***
7)ROCK HARD EYES
CHRONIC OPEN glaucoma
a)cause
b)symptoms
c)other
a)GRADUAL blockage of drainage cannel pressure builds slowly
b)gradual loss of side vision
c)progress is slow/lifelong
ACUTE CLOSED glaucoma
a)cause
b)symptoms (4)
c)treatment
a)SUDDEN complete blockage of drainage channel leads to sudden incr in pressure
b)nausea, blurred vision, pain, halos
c)MEDICAL EMERGENCY, will not lose vision if treated w/ laser
Glaucoma vs Iritis*******
1)Glaucoma has large pupil, red eye, cloudy cornea
2)Iritis has small pupil, red eye, photophobia
Intraocular pressure
a)normal is..
b)if high think...
c)if low think...
a)10-20
b)glaucoma
c)trauma
Fundoscopic technique (9) and instruments used (2)
1)give pt explanation and fixation point
2)dim lights
3)R eye to R eye; L eye to L eye
4)diopter high and then turn clockwise
5)free hand on head
6)start @ 1foot
7)move closer @ 15degree angle
8)follow red reflex
9)look for vessel to follow to disk

Ophthalmoscope; PanOptic
Back of the eye diseases (4)
1)HTN retinopathy
2)diabetic retinopathy
3)atheriosclerosis
4)glaucoma
HTN retinopathy
a)Grade I
b)Grade II
a)minimal narrowing of retinal arteries
b)narrowing of retinal arteries w/ regions of focal narrowing and arteriovenous nicking
HTN retinopathy
a)Grade III
b)Grade IV (plus 2 causes)
a)abnormalities see in I and II as well as retinal hemorrhages, hard exudation, cotton-wool spots
b)stuff in I,II,III plus swelling of optic nerve head (papilledema, or 250/150BP)
Diabetic retinopathy symptoms (9)
1)microaneurysms
2)leakage (cotton wool, blot dot, hard exudates)
3)blockage (soft exudates, neovasculazation)
Diabetic retinopathy
a)Mild Nonproliferative
b)Moderate Nonproliferative
a)microaneurysms occur
b)some blood vessels that nourish the retina are blocked
Diabetic retinopathy
a)severe nonproliferative
b)Proliferative retinopathy
a)more blood vessels blocked (greater than 20 in all 4 quadrants); eye sends signals to make more blood vessels (but none yet)
b)neovascularization; vitreous gel that fills inside of eye
What to look @ in lens? (4)
1)shape
2)margins
3)color
4)cup:disc ratio
Abnormal disc's (4)
a)margins blurred/gone = papilladema
b)Color too red = hyperemic/HTN
c)Color too pale = atherosclerosis
d)C:D > 1:2 or 2C:D's differ = glaucoma
Normal property of disc that you might think is abnormal?
In R eye R side of disc is slightly blurred and v.v.
Causes of papilledema (2)
1)incr in intracranial pressure
2)HTN crisis
Abnormal vessel qualitites (5)
1)occlusion or obstruction
2)irregular (multiple constrictions)
3)Artery:Vein < 1:2 (diameter wise, vein always bigger, but only slightly usually about same size)
4)incr light reflex
5)nicking
Nicking?
artery crosses vein and vein shrink in @ the crossing point = grade2 HTN
If light reflex of artery is really white then..
atherosclerosis
a)Central Retinal Artery occlusion
b)Central Retinal Vein occlusion
(what you'll see)
a)pale back of eye
b)deep mars red back of eye and NO VESSELS
Papilledema vs central vein occlusion
vein has NO vessels
Eye background abnormalities (4)
1)hemorrhages
2)cotton wool areas
3)exudates (hard/soft)
4)blacks have darker bg and v.v
Cotton wool causes/other name (3)
a)capillary occlusion of nerve fiber layer (micro infarct)
b)DM/HTN
c)aka soft exudates
HTN and DM and bg description
HTN has localized hemorrhage/wool; DM is all over with all types of anamolies (DM eye looks like SHIT)
Hard exudates
a)cause
b)what it looks like
a)lipid
b)yellow and distinct borders
Microaneurysms
a)desc
b)first thing seen in...
a)black dots
b)DM eye
Chlorioretinals scars cause... (3)
1)toxoplasmosis
2)histoplasmosis
3)coccidiodomycosis
Nevus is...
mole on back of eye
Dry Macular degeneration (4)
1)90% of all cases
2)yellow-white deposits (drusen) in RPE
3)drusen are composed of waste from photoreceptor cells
4)eye more red than wet
Wet macular degeneration (3)
1)10% of cases
2)abnormal vessels form below macula
3)these leak blood into macula damaging photoreceptor cells
Macular degeneration treatment (3)
1)antioxidants
2)Zn
3)eyecaps
Application of eye medications how?
NOT on cornea; put on side of eye
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