Lina Hendawy
Optic neuritis
It's inflammation of the optic nerve. According to the anatomical site of inflammation two entities are recognised 1) retrobulbar...
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My name is Lina Hendawy, i am a medical student from Egypt. I decided to found this website in 2021 to provide my followers with medical information in a simple way to make the World Open to Healing Information.
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Lina Hendawy
Arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy
It's a serious type affecting mainly old patients above 70 years suffering from giant cell arteritis. Giant cell arteritis: Idiopathic...
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Non arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy
It occurs commonly in patients between 45 and 60 who are hypertensive, smokers or have high serum lipids. Symptoms: Moderate to severe...
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Types of Toxic ampylopia
Toxic ampylopia: It's optic nerve damage due to exogenous toxins. Toxins which cause central scotoma as tobacco and ethyl alcohol Toxins...
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Retrobulbar Neuritis
Clinical picture: As papillitis but there's painful eye movement as SR muscle takes insertion from optic nerve sheath also the fundus...
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Papillitis
Acute inflammation of the optic disc. Etiology: Demyelinating disease. Infection : viral or bacterial Extension of infection from CNS or...
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Papilloedema
Definition: It's a passive non inflammatory edema ( transudate mostly water) of optic disc. Usually due to increase of ICT. In passive...
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Primary (Rhegmatogenous) retinal detachment
Retinal break is a full thickness defect in the neurosensory retina, it may be of the rounded hole type or horse shoe shaped type, or the...
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Malignant melanoma of the choroid
Although rare, less than ten per million per year, it's the most common primary intraocular tumor in adults, it arises from choroidal...
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Retinal detachment (RD)
Definitions and classifications: It is seperation of neurosensory retina ( inner retinal layer) from the retinal pigment epithelium...
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Parasitic bleharitis
Etiology : It's inflammation of lid margin due to infestation with phthirus pubis( the pubic louse) and rarely by the head louse. The...
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Angular bleharitis
Etiology: Chronic infection of the lid margin by Morax Axenfeld diplobacillus which is gram negative organism secreting proteolytic...
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Ulcerative blepharitis
Pleharitis is a chronic inflammation of the lid margin. Ulcerative blepharitis Etiology: 1- predisposing factors ( old age, diabetes,...
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Squamous blepharitis
Blepharitis is a chronic inflamation of the lid margin. Squamous blepharitis: Etiology: 1-The condition is essentially metabolic being a...
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