Term | Definition |
Phthisis bulbi | End stage ocular decompensation |
Tear Break-Up Time | Test for dry eye |
Lysozome | Enzyme produced in tears |
Rose Bengal | Stains conjunctiva and cornea and is a test for dry eye |
Fluorescein | Stains cornea and is a test for dry eye |
Lissamine Green | Stains conjunctiva and cornea and is a test for dry eye |
Tear Osmolarity | New, more specific and accurate test for dry eye |
Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca | Extreme dry eye and develops filamentary keratitis. Also, has other symptoms of dry eye. |
Map dot corneal dystrophy | Gets recurrent erosions |
Excrudences in endothelium | Dark defects in corneal endothelium |
Keratoconus | Thinning of cornea from drying, Irregular astigmatism, Common dystropy |
Dellen | Thin area of the cornea due to drying |
Pachymetry | Measures corneal thickness |
Corneal Ecasia | Thinning of cornea from drying and Irregular astigmatism |
Endothelial guttata | May lead to corneal decompensation |
Inflammadry Test | New, most specific and accurate test for dry eye. |
Entropion | Lids turned in |
Trichiasis | Abnormal lash growth- turn in |
Distichiasis | Abnormal row of lashes |
Xanthelasma | Cholesterol deposits under skin |
Hordeolum (stye) | Inflammation of zeiss and moll glands (lid margin) |
Chalazion | Inflammation of the meibomian gland |
Dacroadenitis | Inflammation of the lacrimal gland |
Dacrocystitis | Lacrimal sac inflammation |
Purulent Discharge | Bacterial conjunctivitis |
Watery discharge | Vernal conjunctivitis and viral conjunctivitis |
Giant Papillary Conjunctivitis | SCL wear, Vernal conjunctivitis |
Follicular Conjunctivitis | Viral Conjunctivitis, Toxic, Chlamydial, EKC |
Ciliary Injection | Indicates deep or corneal problem |
Scleral Injection | Associated with systemic disorder |
Acanthamoeba | Associated with SCL wear, Contaminant SCL solutions |
Sjogren's Syndrome | Dry eye, dry mouth, can be severe |
Pterygium | Vascular growth in cornea |
Pinquecula | Yellow elevation in conjunctiva |
Herpes Simplex | Dendritic Ulcer (Epithelial) |
Herpes Zoster | Stromal (Interstitial) Keratitis. Vesicles on face, virus in trigeminal ganglion |
Blepharitis | Staphlyococcal Inflammation |
Bell's Palsy | VII cranial nerve |
Phlyctenule | Whitish infiltrate peripheral cornea, Vernal Conjunctivitis |
Chlamydia | STD |