NURS 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Peripheral Vision, Intracranial Pressure, Snoring
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Eyes: vision changes (floaters- see dust around retinal detachment) - photophobia: someone"s eye hurt when in bright room (cid:523)physically eye ball hurting(cid:524: eye pain/photophobia (opqrstuv of the pain) -eye pain is actual pain on eyeball, tender to touch. -periorbital eye pain: pain around the sockets: strabismus/diplopia. -strabismus: eye or 1 eye deviate from parallel orientation that they should be in. But can see swollen upper and lower lids: corrective lenses (if eye infection and wear contact- perfect host for suitemos bacteria that may cause blindness. Thus medical emergency if contact lens + infection): last eye exam. Special exam= dilate pupil and get good look at back of eye, looking for the retinal blindness: self care behaviour. Ask about job, chemical might get into eye sands. )f there"s an infection, actual temp of ear rise, wax may. Ear drum ruptured, fluid from internal ear: hearing loss.
