NCLE Wallmart Review (Test 4) Follow Up Visits with Solutions

NCLE Wallmart Review (Test 4) Follow Up Visits with Solutions Gross corneal edema, which manifests itself clinically as central corneal haze, is verified by the slit lamp using sclerotic scatter illumination. What specific technique does the examiner use to see this condition? - Answer -The naked eye and an angle between the slit lamp and the eye of 90 degrees Sandy returns to your office after being fit with soft contact lenses becoming uncomfortable and burning as the day progresses. What might be the reason? - Answer -The lens is too tight Complaints of a burning sensation may precede limbal compression and can be a forewarning of a tight lens. These symptoms are more common later in the day as the lens has been worn for a number of hours and begins to tighten, FDA group 1 soft lenses - Answer -Have a water content less than 50% and a non ioinic surface Which type of slit lamp illumination will allow you to determine corneal thickening and distortion and depth of foreign bodies or opacities in the cornea? - Answer -Optic Section Allows you to focus on the thickness or thiness of the cornea, as well as the depth of foreign bodies or opacities in the cornea. In evaluating a soft lens with either keratometry mires or retinoscopic reflex, you detect distortion immediately after the blink followed by clear mires. This is caused by: - Answer -A flat fitting lens * a well fitted lens will show clear mires before and after the blink, A steep and tight lens reflex will clear immediately after the blink then blur. Corneal microcysts are most apparent via biomicrosopy with which method of illumination? - Answer - Retro illumination Indirect retro illumination reflecting off the iris creates a suitabl