Vision and Ophthalmology Common Eye Diseases and Disorders

Question 1

Which type of glaucoma is characterized by a sudden painful rise in intraocular pressure with a mid-dilated, fixed pupil?

Accepted Answer

Acute angle-closure glaucoma

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Primary open-angle glaucoma

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Normal-tension glaucoma

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Secondary glaucoma

Question 2

What is the most common cause of irreversible blindness in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Age-related macular degeneration

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Cataracts

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Diabetic retinopathy

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Glaucoma

Question 3

A nuclear sclerotic cataract typically causes which refractive shift?

Accepted Answer

Myopic shift

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Hyperopic shift

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Astigmatic shift

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No refractive change

Question 4

Diabetic retinopathy with neovascularization is classified as:

Accepted Answer

Proliferative diabetic retinopathy

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Mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy

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Moderate nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy

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Severe nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy

Question 5

Which finding is characteristic of wet (exudative) age-related macular degeneration?

Accepted Answer

Choroidal neovascularization

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Drusen only

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Geographic atrophy

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Cotton wool spots

Question 6

A patient with herpes zoster ophthalmicus and a lesion on the tip of the nose should be examined for what ocular complication?

Accepted Answer

Corneal involvement

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Optic neuritis

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Retinal detachment

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Lens subluxation