This document summarizes several common eye problems: pterygium, corneal ulcer, glaucoma, cataract, and diabetic retinopathy. Pterygium is a growth of tissue over the cornea caused by UV light or dry eye. Corneal ulcers cause severe pain and vision loss. Glaucoma damages the optic nerve and risks include age over 40 and family history. Cataracts cause blurry vision and are treated surgically. Diabetic retinopathy, from uncontrolled blood sugar, risks blindness without laser treatment or injections to stabilize the retina.

1. Common Eye Problem
Corneal Ulcer
Glaucoma
Cataract
Diabetic Retinopathy
D/D of Red Eyes

2. Pterigium
 A pterygium means growth of conjuctival tissue over cornea
 Symptoms :
 Burning
 Gritty feeling
 Itching
 Sensation of a foreign body in the eye
 Blurred vision
 Causes of
 Prolonged exposure to ultraviolet light
 Dry Eye
 Irritants such as dust and wind
 Treatment
 Surgical Removal With graft

3. Corneal Ulcer
Common In our area because of Farm Industry
Symptoms
Severe Pain
Redness
Decresed Vision
White Spot over cornea
Treatment –Frequent Bunching of antibiotics
and anti fungul drops
Refer to Eye Specialist

4. Glaucoma
Glaucoma is a condition that causes damage to eye's
optic nerve and gets worse over time.
It's often associated with a high Intra ocular pressure
inside the eye.
Risk Of Glaucoma ?
 Are over age 40
 Have a family history of glaucoma
 Have diabetes
 Take certain steroid medications, such as prednisone
 Have had trauma to the eye or eyes

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 Symptoms
 Asymptomatic
 Decresed Vision
 Narrowing of vision (tunnel vision)
 Pain in the eye
 Redness in the eye
 Seeing halos around lights
 Headache ,Nausea,vomiting
 TREATMENT –
 ANTI GLAUCOMA DROPS
 SURGERY

7. Cataract

8. Cataract
Clouding(Opacity) of the lens
Develop slowly over the course of years.
 Symptom
 blurry vision and sometimes Improvement of
Near Vision
When a cataract interferes with someone's usual
activities, the cloudy lens can be replaced with a
clear, artificial lens.
This is generally a Very safe,Shorttime Outpatient
procedure.

9. Diabetic Retinopathy

10. Diabetic Retinopathy
 Diabetic retinopathy is a complication of Diabetes, caused by high blood
sugar levels damaging retina
 It can cause blindness if left undiagnosed and untreated.
 Who is at Risk ?
Long Duration uncontrolled sugar level and associated systemic Disease
like Hypertension
 Symptoms -
 gradually worsening vision
 sudden vision loss
 shapes floating in your field of vision (floaters)
 Treatment –
 laser treatment – to treat the growth of new blood vessels at the back of
the eye (retina) in cases of proliferative diabetic retinopathy, and to
stabilise some cases of maculopathy
 eye injections – to treat severe maculopathy that's threatening your sight
 eye surgery–to remove blood or scar tissue from the eye if laser treatment
isn't possible becuse retinopathy is too advanced

11. D/D of Red Eyes
 Conjunctivitis (bacterial, viral, allergic, irritative)
 Subconjunctival hemorrhage
 Pterygium
 Stye, Blepharitis,
 Corneal ulcer
 Episcleritis
 Iritis or iridocyclitis
 Abrasions or foreign bodies
 Acute angle closure glaucoma

12. Conjunctivitis

13. Subconjunctival hemorrhage

14. Pterigium

15. Stye, Blepharitis

16. Corneal ulcer

17. Episcleritis

18. Iritis or iridocyclitis

19. Abrasions or foreign bodies

20. Acute angle closure glaucoma