Unit 2: Visual field defects, double vision & optic disc swelling
2: Diplopia (Double Vision)
3rd nerve workup
History
- Onset
General Health
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Headache
- Giant cell arteritis
- Multiple Sclerosis
Investigation
- Check blood pressure
- Examine all cranial nerves
- Ocular motility
- Visual fields
- Fundus and optic nerve head assessment
- Temporal arteries
- Orthoptic assessment
- Pupil sparing
- Diabetes and blood pressure
- Dilated pupil with a third nerve palsy requires urgent neurologist assessment
