The document summarizes the steps involved in a primary eye care examination, which includes taking a case history and examining the eye. The case history involves collecting information on the patient's present, past, and family medical histories. Details are gathered on the chief complaints, including any dimness of vision, pain, redness, secretion issues, or eye disturbances. Additional personal details on habits, existing conditions, and prior treatments are also noted to fully document the patient's health history before the eye examination.

1. Primary eye care examination.

2. •Case history.
•Examination of eye.

3. Case history

4. History.
• Patient is encouraged to narrate
his complaints but relevant
enquiries are made.

5. History.
• Present history.
• Past history.
• Personal history.
• Family history.

6. Present history
• Name.
• Age
• Gender
• Occupation.

7. Dimness of vision.
• Mode of onset(sudden ,gradual).
• Duration(short or long).
• For distance or near.
• Seeing double objects.
• Seeing flashes of light.
• Night blindness.

8. Pain in the eye.
• Mode of onset.
• Severity and duration.
• relation to close work.
• Time of day when maximum.
• Associated nausea, vomiting, photophobia,
impaired vision.

9. Redness , congestion
• Of the eyelids.
• Of the area surrounding the eye
• Of the eye.

10. Secretion.
• Excessive and normal secretion
• Type of altered secretion
• Sticky eyes
• Associated crusts and flakes.

11. Disturbance of eyeball
• Eyelids
Altered position.
Altered direction of margin.
Disturbance in function.
• Direction of eyeball.
• Fixation of pupil or eyeball.

12. Headache.
• Location.
• Severity and type
• Relation to near work
• Time of day when maximum
• Factors which relieve or aggravate
• Associated nausea, vomiting blurred vision.

13. Past history.
• Previous disease.
• Treatment
• Operation history
• Using glasses

14. Personal history
• Habits
Sleep.
Tobacco.
Alcohol intake.
Diet.
• Blood pressure
• Diabetes mellitus
• Infection in teeth , tonsils,ears.

15. Family history
• Diabetes mellitus
• Hypertension
• Myopia
• Glaucoma
• Congenital cataract.

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