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| American Academy Ophthalmology recommendations |
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for healthy indivs with no risk factors for eye disease:
-at least once between age 20-29
-at least twice: 30-39
-age 40-64: every 2-4 years
-age 65+: every 1-2 years |
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| why is eye screening important: |
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| to provide early tx and preserve visual function; may uncover evidence of other systemic disease |
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| 4 WHO classifications of consequences of vision loss: |
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| disorder, impairment, disability, handicap |
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| visual acuity, peripheral visual field, pupil tests |
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| USPSTS grade for visual acuity in >65 years |
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| risk factors for cataracts: |
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| age, smoking, alcohol, UV light, diabetes, corticosteroid use, black race |
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| risk factors for AMD (age-related macular disease) |
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| age, smoking, family hx, white race |
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| vision to pass drivers license test |
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| warning signs of vision loss: |
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-blurry or double vision
-rings, flashing lights, or blank spots
-dark or floating spots
-pain or pressure in one or both eyes
-trouble seeing things out of corners of eyes
-most imp thing to remember: there may be no warning signs |
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| 3 primary vision complications of diabetes: |
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| retinopathy, cataracts, and possibly glaucoma |
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| leading cause of new blindness among ages 20-74 |
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| diabetes (diabetic retinopathy) |
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| recommended eye evaluation for diabetes |
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| annual dilated fundus examination is desirable beginning 5 years after the diagnosis of type 1 DM and at the time of diagnosis of type 2 DM |
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| USPSTF recommendation for glaucoma screening |
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| risk factors for glaucoma: |
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| IOP (intraocular pressure), family hx, age, African American |
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| cataracts: affect how many, result of |
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affects ~60% over age 60
GRADUAL process of normal aging, but can occasionally occur rapidly |
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| most common symptom of macular degeneration: for dry and wet |
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dry: blurred vision, limited to the center of the field of vision
wet: (early sx) straight lines appear distorted and wavy |
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