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Cataracts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| MEds: what does a mitoitic med do; example | constricts pupils, comtracts ciliary muscle, it stretches and opens the trabecular meshwork promoting aqueous humor drainage and decrease IOP; pilocarpine |
| MEds: what does a midriatic med do | dilates pupils (ex: b4 surgery) |
| What type of distance is effected w/ cataracts | Both near and distance |
| what will pupils look like | cloudy and grey |
| what is Tx of immature; mature Tx | wait until it effects ADLS; surgery removel of lens through incisio in cornea |
| S/s of cataracts | cloudy vision, floaters, sensitivity to light, spots |
| care after surgery | get steroids, antibiotics, don't bend over b/c it increaces the IOP |
| difference between peripheral and center cataracts | peripheral: blobs of sides can see in the middle; center: blobs in center and can see on sides |
| Def. of cataracts | the clouding of the lens that impairs vision, common it looks like a blob on the eye |
| who gets it | ppl >65 Yrs |
| does it effect both eyes | yes |
| does it effect vision | only in some ppl |
| risk factors for them | exposure to sun, smoking, drinking, eye trauma, radiation, DM, drugs like corticosteriods, aging |
| def of senile cataracts | caused by aging b/c as the lens ages its cells become less clear, it 1st effects the edges then spreading to the center |
| def of mature cataracts | all of the lens |
| def of imature cataracts | portion of the lens |
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