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| exophthalmos (or proptosis) |
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| abnormal protrusion of the eye |
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| excessive tearing (common cause: chronic inflammation) |
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| keraoconjunctivitis sicca |
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| inability to completely close the eyelid |
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| drooping of upper eyelid (1-2m: sympathetic palsy, 3mm+: 3rd nerve palsy) |
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| chronic inflammation of meibomian gland |
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| acute inflammation of eyelid (usually S. aureus infection) |
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| outward/inward turning of eyelid margin |
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| thickening of bulbar conjunctiva growing across cornea |
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| yellow-brown fatty nodule in bulbar conjunctiva: usually harmless |
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conjunctival edema--caused by:
1. allergic reaction or infection causing increased vascular permeability
2. venous congestoin
3. decreased plasma oncotic pressure
4. Grave's disease (lymph drainage problem)
5. hypothyroidism |
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| jaundice of bulbar conjunctiva (not sclera) |
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| normal fluctuation in pupillary constriction (in steady light) |
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pupils are two different sizes
simple anisocoria is normal: up to 1mm in dim light or .5mm in bright light
In physiologic anisocoria the difference is constant in varying levels of light |
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| afferent pupillary defect where pupillary constriction differs depending on which eye receives the incoming light |
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| can constrict in accomodation but not in response to light (they are always small: CNS problem, eg syphilis) |
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| does not constrict to light and only slowly responds to accomodation |
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| difficulty with ocular convergence in accomodation due to Graves' |
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| unilateral defective vision that causes the cortex to cease responding to visual stimuli |
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| eyes are misaligned only when one is covered |
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esotropia/esophoria
exotropia/exophoria |
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eye deviated in
eye deviated out |
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| eyes are misalinged to the same degree regardless of direction of gaze |
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