A 25-year-old female patient complains of a painful red eye with a tearing sensation. On a scale of 1 to 10, she rates the pain as 7. She mentions that she wears contact lenses regularly. What would be the most suitable course of action?
A 14-year-old boy with a family history of short-sightedness visits his General Practice Clinic, reporting difficulty seeing distant objects. He is interested in the underlying pathophysiology of his condition as he is passionate about science. What is the most appropriate explanation for the pathophysiology of his myopia?
A 72-year-old man comes to the clinic complaining of intense pain around his left eye and vomiting. Upon examination, his left eye appears red and there is a noticeable decrease in visual acuity. What is the best initial course of action for this patient?
A 78-year-old woman is presenting with a complaint of deteriorating vision that has been gradually worsening over the past few years. Upon examination, cataracts are evident in both eyes, but her best corrected visual acuity is only slightly diminished at 6/9. She has no prior history of eye problems.
What is the most suitable course of action for management?
A 35-year-old woman comes to the eye clinic complaining of sudden vision changes in her left eye for the past 2 days. She reports that her vision has been progressively deteriorating, as if she is looking through a cloud, and the colors around her appear less vivid. Additionally, she has been experiencing retro-orbital pain that worsens with eye movement. Her right eye is unaffected, and she has no prior history of eye problems or other medical conditions. What is the most probable finding on examination for this suspected diagnosis?
A 50-year-old welder comes to the Emergency Department with a metal splinter in his eye. What is the most effective course of action that can be provided in this setting?
Mrs Green is a 58-year-old woman who comes to eye casualty with sudden vision loss in her left eye. She reports having observed some dark spots in her vision over the past few days. She is not in any pain and has a medical history of diet-controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension. What is the most probable cause of her visual impairment?
A 25-year-old woman presents to her General Practitioner (GP) with a 1-day history of itching and watery discharge from both eyes.
On examination, the vision is 6/9 in both eyes. Both pupils are equally reactive to light. The conjunctivae are both chemosed with mild diffuse injection. The eyelids are slightly oedematous.
Her past medical history includes eczema. Her vital observations are as follows:
Blood pressure 110/70 mmHg
Heart rate 65 bpm
Respiratory rate 12
Temperature 36.7 °C
Oxygen saturation 99% on air
What is the most likely diagnosis?
A 9-year-old boy comes to his General Practitioner complaining of redness around his left eye and pain when moving his eye since waking up this morning. He has been experiencing symptoms of a cold for a few days. Upon examination of his left eye, there is redness around the eye, proptosis, limited and painful eye movements, and decreased visual acuity. The examination of his right eye is normal.
What is the most probable diagnosis?
A 25-year-old woman, a known type 1 diabetic, was asked to attend the General Practice (GP) Surgery for her results in the diabetic retinopathy screening.
You asked your GP supervisor if you can examine her eyes so that you can get signed off for using a direct ophthalmoscope. You found out that she had some dot-and-blot haemorrhages in her right eye with some venous looping and beading in the peripheral retina.
What is the next step in management for this patient’s eye condition?