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Arteritis |
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Arterial inflammation |
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Hyperopia |
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Farsightedness |
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Hypertrophied |
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Enlarged |
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Myopia |
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Nearsightedness |
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Amblyopia |
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Reduced vision on an eye - no obvious reason |
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Anklosis |
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Immobility of a joint |
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Audiogram |
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Record of hearing test |
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Diplopia |
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Double vision |
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Hitoplasmosis |
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Systemic respiratory disease caused by a fungus |
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Laser Photocoagulation |
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Coagulation of blood vessels in eye by laser |
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Macula |
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Small spot of colored area |
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Photophobia |
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Sensitivity to light |
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Purulent |
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Containing pus |
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Seborrhea |
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Excessive secretion of sebum from sebaceous glands |
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Tonometry |
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Measeurement of intraocular pressure |
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Toxoplasmosis |
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disease from protozoa from mammals and birds |
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Layers of eye |
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Sclera, choroids, retina |
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Colorless, transparent portion of eye |
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Cornea |
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Classifications of hearing loss |
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Conductive and senorineural |
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Symptoms Otosclerosis |
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Gradual hearing loss of low/soft sounds, tinnitis |
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Canal that connects middel ear with nasopharynx |
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Eustachian Tube |
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Shape of eyeball |
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Spherical |
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Structure that maintains balance |
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Labyrinth |
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Sensory receptors in retina that detect color and refinement |
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Cones |
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Earwax |
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Cerumen |
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Jellylike substance in orb |
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Vitreous Humor |
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Internal elastic disc that focuses images, near and far |
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Lens |
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Cause of Cholesteatoma |
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Estauchian tube fails to open blocking tube which fills with stuff from recurring ear infections. Tube develops weak pocket, skin cells collect. |
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Short eyeball |
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Hyperopia |
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Long eyeball |
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Myopia |
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Cause astigmatism |
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Nonshperical cornea |
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Symptoms refractive errors |
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Blurred vision, fatigue |
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Most common nystagmus |
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Congenital |
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Bacteria responsible for styesD |
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Staphylococci |
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Symptoms Keraitits |
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Decreased vision, irritaion, tearing, photophobia, redness of conjunctiva |
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Cuase Cataracts |
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Opacification of lens - aging process |
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Cure for Macular Degeneration |
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No |
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Retinal blood vessels in a diabetic |
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Diabetic Retinopathy |
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Causes for ruptured eardrums |
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Sharp objects, explosion, infection, blow to ear. |
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Portion that regulates light to eyeD |
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Iris, colored portion |
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Four major refractive errors |
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Hyperopis, Myopia, Astignatism, Presbyopia |
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Strabismus |
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Failure of the eyes to look in the same direction, weakness in nerve impluse failing to control muscles |
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Esotropia |
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Inward turning of eyes, crosseyed |
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Exotropia |
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Outward turing of eyes |
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Nonulcerative blepharitis |
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Exposure to dust, smoke, chemicals |
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Symptoms Stye |
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Pain, swelling, redness |
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Cause Keratitis |
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Herpes Simplex |
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Blepharitis |
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inflamation of the margins of the eyelids, scondary to seborrhea, |
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BlepharoptosisD |
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{tpsos. drooping eyelid, age related, familiar and can obstruct vision |
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Cause Conjunctivitis |
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Bacterial or viral |
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Corneal Abrasion |
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Painful loss of epithelium or outer layer of cornea |
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Symptoms of ear disease requiring medical attention |
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Hearing loss, pain, pressure, tinnitus, vomiting |
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Most common ailment of children |
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Otits Media |
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Treatment Blepharitis |
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Antibiotic Opthalmic oint. |
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Treatment Bacterial conjunctivitis |
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Topical Antibiotic |
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Treatment Glaucoma |
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Betaxolol, timolol, latanoprost |
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Use of prescribed meds for open angle glaucoma |
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Use on regular basis, don't miss doses |
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Meds used for Macular degeneration |
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Vitamins A, C, E, Zinc |
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Treatment Otits Media |
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Ibuprofen, pseudoephedrine, sulfamethoxazole |
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Treatment Meniere's Disesase |
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Meclizine (antivert) |
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Otosclerosis |
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Ankylosing of the stapes |
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Labyrinthitis |
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Inflamation of the semicircular canal |
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Conductive hearing loss - causes |
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Cerumen impaction, otitis media, otosclerosis |
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Most common cause of blindness in US |
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Macular degeneration |
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Process of vision |
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Light through lens, impact retina, rods/cones stimulated, nerve impluses sent to brain by optic nerve. |
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Nystagmus |
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Repetitve/involuntary movement of one/both eyes from abnormality of retina, congenital defects, pathologic anomalyin brain or drugs |
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Strabismus |
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Failure of eyes to look in same direction, muscel/nerve failure, other disease processes |
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Hordeolum |
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Stye |
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Symptoms Conjunctivitis |
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Redness, swelling, itching, tearing, light sensitivity. Purulent discharge. Highly contacgious. |
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How do cataracts obstruct sight |
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Cloudy/opaque lens obstructs light |
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Diabetic Retinopathy |
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Microaneurysm, hemorrhages, dilation of retinal veins, neovascularization. |
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Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy |
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Laser photocoagulation and vitrectomy |
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Open Angle Glaucoma |
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Blockage of travecular meshwork that impairs aqueous humor reabsorption, gradual elevation of IOP |
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Closed Angel Glaucoma |
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Blockage in the drainage system of the eye, acute elevation in IOP |
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Retinal Detachment |
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Opthalmic exam detects retina tear - partial to total loss of sight. |
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Causes Exophthalmos |
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Enlarged Intraocular muscles, retrobulbar mass, edema of soft tissue. Hyperthyroid, hypthyroid, euthyroid (normal thyroid) stare, hemorrhage, inflammation |
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Cancer's effect on eye structures |
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Bone of orbit, soft tissues muscles between globe and bone, optic nerve eyeball itself |
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Sturctures of ear |
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Outer auditory cannal and auricle, middle ear: tympanic membrane, three ossicles, ET, oval window, inner ear: cochlea, labyrinth, vestibulocochlear nerve |
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Myringotomy |
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Surgical incision into ear drum to relieve pressure, provide drainage, allow middle ear to fill with air |
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Meniere's disease |
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Vertigo, tinnitus, progressive hearing loss, sensation of fullness in ears, N/V, loss of balance |
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Major Symptom of Labyrinthitis |
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Vertigo |
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