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Rose McDonald
cont. skin eye, ear
| Question | Answer | |
|---|---|---|
| humor | body fluid | |
| ophthalmic | pertaining to the eye | |
| stye | infection of one or more of the sebaceous glands of the eye | |
| blepharitis | inflammation of the eyelid margin accompanied by redness | |
| conjunctivitis | Acute or chronic inflammation of the eye conjuctiva | |
| allergic conjunetivitis | Red Eye, caused by hayfever, dust, mite, dander | |
| Bacterial conjunctivitis | starts in one eye and spreads to the other. a thick sticky mucopurulet discharge that causes the eyelids and eyelashes to be stuck together | |
| mucopurlent | containing or composed of mucus or pus | |
| bacterial conjunctivitis | is highly contagious treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics | |
| viral conjuctivitis | pink eye; highly contagious follows an upper respirtory infection or contact with someone who is infected | |
| conjunctivitis/chlamydia | neonatal inclusion conjuntivitis or swimming pool conjunctivitis treated with/erythromyocin 12.5mg/kg qid x14 days Pneumoniacan result if not treated | |
| Glaucoma | increase in interocular pressureintraocular & interocular within the eye | |
| open angle | accounts for 90% of all cases of glaucoma | |
| closed angle | least common & most devastating form | |
| Secondary Glaucoma | occurs as a result of an eye injury inflammation, tumor andvanced cases fo cataracts or diabetes, or induced by the use of drugs such as stroids | |
| cataracts | ocular opacity or obscurity in the lens of the eye | |
| outer ear,middle ear, inner ear | . | |
| Cerumen | Earwax | |
| The most typical hearing losses are | Conductive, sensory, drug-induced, neural & prebycusis | |
| What may cause hearing loss? | Blow to the head or ear, birth-defects, malformation of part of the outer or middle ear, a tiny hole or perforation in the eardrum, wax build-up & middle ear infection | |
| sensory hearing loss | affect one or both ears and occurs when the cochlea is not working properly because cilia have been damaged or distroyed; almost always permanent | |
| What disease may pregnant women get that may cause hearing loss? | Rubella (german measles) other causes of hearing loss may include Meds, severe had injury, frequent loud music and other loud noises(factory etc.) | |
| Drug-induced haring loss | use of some ototoxic drugs that impair hearing and balance | Ex. IV aminoglycosides, loop direcetics, antineoplastic(anti-cancer) |
| large doses of aspirin can cause what? | tinnitus | ringing in the ear |
| neural hearing loss | when there is a problem with the connection from the cochlea to the brain | this type of hearing loss is permanent |
| Presbycusis | permant loss of hearing due to damaged hearing nerves | |
| Hearing deteriorates with age what is the first to go? | sensitivity to high-pitched sounds fades first | |
| Otits media | infection and inflammation of the middle ear | if not treated permanent hearing loss occurs |
| rupture of the tympanic membrane(eardrum) and or meningitis develops | 1st time therapy for treatment of otitis media in children | Bactrim(Sulamathoxazole-trimethoprim) (SMZ-TMP) and amoxil, trimox, Wymox (Amoxicillin) |
| The main structure of the eye; | cornea, sclera, conjunctiva, iris,pupil, lens, retina, optic nerve, macula, vitreous humor, cxhoroid and extra ocular musceles |
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