Want to brush up on your clinical optometry knowledge and skills? These articles, written by our Chief of Clinical Case Reviews and new grad Bhumika Patel, are just the place to begin! Bhumika recently graduated from the University of Missouri and is currently practicing in both a medically orientated practice in Rock Hill, SC and in another …
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Age/Sex/Race 53 years old Hispanic male Chief Complaint “My vision started getting blurry in right eye about five days ago. I see this red spot in my vision that is moving.” Medical History Last exam was about 1 and 1.5 years ago. Patient said he was diagnosed with insulin-dependent diabetes in 1992. He said that …
We’ve been waiting for a while now for the other shoe to drop about exactly how nutritional supplementation affects the progression of non-exudative age-related macular degeneration. Back in 2001, the original National Eye Institute’s Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) gave us some answers while also raising even more questions. The study showed that some vitamin …
Monday morning you walk into clinic and find that your first patient is an eight-year-old boy with autism. Don’t worry if your first inclination is to panic and hope that your preceptor handles the bulk of the exam. The number one thing to remember is to BE FLEXIBLE. There are certain visual deficits that optometrists …
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A Review of Lattice Degeneration Introduction: Aka equatorial, circumferential, or palisade retinal degeneration Prevalence: 8-11% of population, usually younger patients, evident in 2nd decade of life Unclear genetic link; no gender or racial predilection Tends to be bilateral & fairly symmetric Pathogenesis: It’s a slow progressive disease with an unclear pathogenesis. Based on eyes at autopsy, …
