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Eyes 1122 - Coggle Diagram
Eyes 1122
Stye/ Hordeola
Causes
- Blockage due to bacterial infection of sebaceous ciliary glands causing a lump which may be visible or under neath.
- Lesion will spontaneously shrink or burst which will subdue symptoms.
Risks
- Certain makeup products and not proper eye lid hygiene.
Clinical features
- Acutely painful localised swelling around the eyelid margin developing over several days
- If external it is visible and yellow pustule, maybe internal
Red flags
- Swelling onto the orbital or periorbital parts of the eyes (the eye lid and beyond think orbital fat)
- Refer if abnormally large
- Refer if it doesn't respond to treatment after 2 weeks.
Treatment
- Despite being a bacterial infection antibiotics do not shorten the healing time.
- Hand and eyelid hygiene
- Apply warm compress 3-4 times a day until the head bursts.
Safety netting
Dry eye
Causes
- Tear film instability leading to loss of homeostasis of the eye film.
- Chronic syndrome
Risks
- Recent eye surgery
- Contact wearers
Clinical features
- Dry eyes
- Mucous discharge
- Ocular Fatigue
- Irritated eyes
Treatment
- Ocular lubricants, artificial tears
- Warm compress to the eyes 1-2 times a day for 5-10 minutes
- Hypromellose
Safety netting
- If they do not get better (not completely disappear as they are chronic) return.
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Red Eye
- Dilation or congestion of the blood vessels in the eye
- Due to allergens, irritants or trauma to the eye
- Symptom of dry eye or conjunctivitis.
- Refer for ocular trauma
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Red flags
- Eye pain
- Persistent changes to vision
- Clouding of the cornea (Cataracts)
- Unilaterally scaly eyelid (BCC)
- Nausea/ vomiting (Glaucoma immediate referral)
- Redness caused by trauma or foreign body
- Eye movement worsens pain (scleritis)
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