What are the 5 senses? - ANSWERSSight
Hearing
Smell
Taste
Touch
What is a cataract? - ANSWERSclouding of the lens
What is the treatment for cataracts? - ANSWERSreplace the lens with an artificial lens in surgery
What are the 2 forms of Macular Degenerative Disease? - ANSWERS1. Dry M...
1430- EXAM 2- Functional ability and
sensory perception Questions &
Answers
What are the 5 senses? - ANSWERSSight
Hearing
Smell
Taste
Touch
What is a cataract? - ANSWERSclouding of the lens
What is the treatment for cataracts? - ANSWERSreplace the lens with an artificial lens
in surgery
What are the 2 forms of Macular Degenerative Disease? - ANSWERS1. Dry Macular
Degenerative Disease
2. Wet macular Degenerative Disease
What is dry macular degenerative disease? - ANSWERScenter of retina is deteriorated
What are the sign and symptoms of cataracts? - ANSWERS-Blurred dimmed vision
-Sensitive to light
-*Seeing halos around lights*
-Fading or yellowing of colors
-Double vision in a single eye
What are the risk factors of cataracts? Which are modifiable and which are not? -
ANSWERS-Age (nonmidifiable)
-Diabetes (depends on the type)
-Excessive exposure to sunlight (modifiable)
-Smoking (modifiable)
-Obesity (modifiable)
-High bld pressure (modifiable)
-Previous eye surgery (nonmodifable)
previous Eye injury (modifiable)
*-prolonged use of corticosteroid medications (Dunlap said hint hint)*
Drinking excess amounts of alcohol (modifiable)
What are ways to prevent cataracts? - ANSWERS-Have regular eye exams
-Quit smoking
-Manage other health problems
, -healthy diet
-Wear sunglasses
-Reduce alcohol
When a patient needs to stop drinking/smoking, what should you do to help? -
ANSWERSGive options for a replacement options
When assessing a patient who has come in, what should you ask in terms of their
alcohol use? - ANSWERS-How many drinks in a week?
-Is it social?
-What do you drink?
To make a diagnosis for cataracts, what tests/exams do you preform? - ANSWERS-
Snellen
-Slit lamp examination
-Retinal exams (looks for other conditions as well, dunlap repeated this like 50 times)
What is galucoma? - ANSWERS-The silent killer of vision.
-Numerous different eye conditions that cause pressure to be put on the optic nerve
resulting in damage to that optic nerve (in the back of your eye)
What are the 2 forms of glaucoma? - ANSWERSOpen angle glaucoma
Angle closure glaucoma (THIS IS RARE)
What are the treatments for MDD? - ANSWERS-Laser surgery
-VEGFR inhibitor
-AREDS
What are AREDS (Age related eye disease study) made of and what do they do? -
ANSWERSType 1- vitamin C, E Lutien, zeaxanthin, zinc, copper
Type 2- All listed above AND omega 3s, beta kertin
Slow the progression of MDD
What does the VEGFR inhibitor do? - ANSWERSprevents abnormal bld cells in WET
MDD
What are signs and symptoms of open angle glaucoma? - ANSWERS-No symptoms
other than vision loss
-Patchy blind spots in your peripheral or central vision, frequently in both eyes
-tunnel vision is noticed in advanced stages of open angle glaucoma (dunlap said this
would be a quick easy test question )
What are signs and symptoms of closed angle glaucoma? - ANSWERSOccurs when
eye bulges forward
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