Ophthalmology
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Learning Units
- Unit 1: Sudden Loss of Vision
- Unit 2: Visual field defects, double vision & optic disc swelling
- Unit 3: Pupil abnormalities, Facial nerve palsy & Ptosis
- Unit 4: Refractive Error
- Unit 5: Children & Squint
- Unit 6: Differential diagnosis of blurred vision
- Unit 7: Gradual Loss of Vision
- Unit 8: Eye Trauma
- Unit 9: Red Eye
- Unit 10: Systemic Disease
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Unit 8: Eye Trauma
3: Subtarsal & Corneal Foreign Bodies
Introduction
Metal foreign bodies are the most common. They typically stick to the cornea, or lodge under the upper eyelid, but beware intraocular foreign bodies.
Microbial keratitis occasionally follows, especially following organic foreign bodies
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