Clinical Ophthalmology Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update 2025 Already Passed

Clinical Ophthalmology Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update 2025 Already Passed What are the 3 things you do before calling Ophthalmology? - Answers Check vision, Pupils, and ocular motility What is a Stye? - Answers Inflammation of the eyelids, caused by glands being pugged up. Treatment is heat, not eye drops Blepharitis - Answers Old people Glands are blocked and gunk builds up around eye Cellulitis Preseptal - Answers Most common Come from the eye lids or the ethmoid sinus Tx: Topical and oral antibiotics Cellulitis Retroseptal (Orbital) - Answers Presents with fever, pain with motility, blurred vision, limited motility, diplopia Tx: Topical and IV antibiotics Worried about brain infections Conjunctivitis - Answers "Pink eye" Inflammation of the conjunctiva 3 types: Allergic, Bacterial, Viral Allergic vs Bacterial vs Viral conjunctiva - Answers Allergic: Clear drainage, itching Bacterial: Mucous discharge Staph, Strep, H. Flu, Chlamydia Viral: Watery drainage, looks like allergic Dacryocistitis - Answers Tear duct blocked. Give the baby 6-12 months to open naturally, if they do not open, surgical intervention Child presents with "Leaky watery" eyes Episcleritis - Answers Inflammation of the connective tissue between the sclera and conjunctiva Associated with Autoimmunity Tx: Steroid drops +/- steroid injections Cornea injuries - Answers Abrasions, Foreign bodies, Burns, Ulcers Rule for patching children's eyes - Answers Only patch 1 day/year old. Don't want to ruin vision Ex) 3 year old can only be patched for 3 days max Corneal Ulcers - Answers Causes: Exposure keratitis, sleeping in contacts, abrasions Starts as opening in epithelium of cornea Signs: Blurred visions, pain, injection, discharge, infiltrate, photophobia Include fluorescein staining Tx: Hourly antibiotic drops and then topical steroids Hyphema - Answers Blood in the anterior chamber of the eye Iritis/Uveitis - Answers Inflammation of the iris Signs/Symptoms: Blurred vision, light sensitivity, Eye pain/redness Can be Anterior, Posterior, or Pan-uveitis Can lead to Cataracts, Glaucoma, vision loss, retinal detachment Anterior Iritis/Uveitis - Answers Post trauma, Infectious, Autoimmune Ankylosing Spondylitis, JRA, HSV Posterior Iritis/Uveitis - Answers Toxoplasmosis, Cat Scratch Disease, Herpes Zoster, Lyme, Lymphoma, Leukemia Panuveitis - Answers Viral (CMV, VZV, HSV) Bacterial (TB) Parasitic (Toxo) Autoimmune (SLE, VKH, Polyangitis) What are the 2 true Ophtho Emergencies? - Answers Alkaline burn, and Angle Closure Glaucoma Angle Closure Glaucoma - Answers Beefy, red painful eye stuck shut with an unreactive pupil.