2. Subjective Data
• *Do you wear goggles at work?
• *Have you felt anything like sand or other irritant in your eye?
• *Is the discomfort constant or intermittent?
• *Can you describe the discomfort in more detail? Does it feel like
pressure? Aching? Itching? Stinging?
• *Does anything make it better? Worse?
3. Subjective Data Cont’d
• *Are you able to open and close your eye as usual?
• *Any swelling?
• *Is there any crusting of your eyelid? *Does the discharge you are
experiencing have any color?
• *Are you noticing any visual changes at all? If not decline... blurriness,
flashing lights or dark spots, cooked or wavy items in visual field?
• *Are you noticing any other symptoms such as congestion, headache,
nausea, etc.?
4. • *What were you doing when you first noticed the discomfort, was the
discomfort abrupt? Where were you?
• *Have you ever felt anything like this before? If so, was it diagnosed? As
what?
• *Does anyone in your family or at work have similar symptoms?
• *When was your last complete eye exam with an opthhmologist? Were any
problems noted at that time?
• *Have there been any recent changes in your medications?
• *Do you have any problems with fatigue, aching joints?
• Are you able to see colors and fine details?
• Is your peripheral vision affected ?
