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Abnormalities of the eyes and ears

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Pseudostraubimus   false appearance of crossed eyes  
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Strabismus (tropia)   Constant misalignment. May Cause Amblyopia  
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Estropia   Eyes point inward  
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Exotropia   Eyes point outwards  
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Phoria   drifting to accommodate for weak muscles.  
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Esophoria   Inward drifting  
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exophoria   outward drifting  
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Paralytic Strabismus   paralysis of an extraocular nerve  
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Ptosis   Drooping Eye  
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Exophthalmos   Extruding eyeballs  
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Entropion   inward turned eyelid  
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ectropin   outward turned eyelid  
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blepharitis   Staph infection of the eye; inflammation of the eyelids  
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Hordeulum   Stye (infected eyelash follicle)  
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Miosis   pinpoint Eyes; constriction  
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Anisocoria   unequal size  
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Mydriasis   Dilated and Fixed stare  
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Myopia   nearsightedness, 2nd number is larger than 20. Larger the second number, the worse vision you have.  
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Legally blind at what vision?   20/200  
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Presbyopia   lens of the eye loses its ability to focus. Move snellen card closer to accommodate.  
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Ptosis   Drooping eyelid  
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Cataract   Clouding of the eyes  
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Number 1 cause of blindess   Cataract  
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Nystagmus   Oscillating or shaking movement of the eye.  
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Cyanosis of the lower lid   heart or lung disorder  
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Papilledema   sweeling of the optic disk  
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Glaucoma   conditions that affect the optic nerve.  
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optic atrophy   evidence by the disc being white in color and lack of disc vessels  
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cotton wool patches   evidence of hypertension  
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hyphemia   injury causes red blood cells to collect in the lower half of the anterior chamber  
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hypopyon   white blood cells accumulate in the anterior chamber and produce cloudiness in the iris  
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