{"id":111420,"date":"2023-08-04T01:43:28","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T01:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=111420"},"modified":"2023-08-04T01:43:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T01:43:31","slug":"differential-diagnosis-primary-care-practicum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/04\/differential-diagnosis-primary-care-practicum\/","title":{"rendered":"NR511 Midterm Exam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The causative organism of viral conjunctivitis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Adenovirus<br>Symptoms of viral conjunctivitis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Patients\u2019 complaint of itchy, red eyes and may have clear to no<br>discharge<br>Hallmark for viral conjunctivitis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Preauricular lymph node swelling and tenderness<br>Hallmark characteristics of HSV-1 or HSV-2 conjunctivitis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Skin vesicles (if present) and a corneal infection with a &#8220;dendrite&#8221;<br>appearance<br>Teaching for conjunctivitis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avoid touching tip of eye drops, women should throw away makeup,<br>dispose of contact lens, stay home from work or school until 24<br>hours of antibiotic treatment.<br>1 \/ 3<br>Bacterial Conjunctivitis symptoms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Red eye with crusted eye lid. May have watery and itching eyes that<br>may be associated with photophobia but visual acuity will be<br>normal.<br>Cataracts produce<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A gradual, painless, and progressive loss of vision, although many<br>clients are unaware of any vision problems due to the gradual nature<br>on onset<br>No evidence that taking supplements such as Vitamin, E, C, and beta-carotene<br>helps in the prevention and treatment of cataracts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>True<br>Age-related cataracts tend to be<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bilateral in nature and may manifest as blurred or distorted vision,<br>with complaints of a glare when driving at night or in bright light.<br>Blepharitis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inflammation around the eyelid margins that is caused by<br>staphylococcal infection at the lash base and dysfunctional<br>Meibomian glands.<br>Treatment of Blepharitis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bacitracin 0.5% ointment<br>Treatment for resistant staphylococcal infections<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discontinue the Bacitracin and order a quinolone antibacterial<br>ointment or a sulfacetamide\/corticosteroid combination that, like<br>erythromycin, has been shown to be effective against<br>Staphylococcus.<br>2 \/ 3<br>Chalazion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A nodule or cyst, usually on the upper eyelid, caused by obstruction<br>in a sebaceous gland. Usually not painful. A chalazion that persists<br>for more than 4 weeks needs referral to an ophthalmologist for<br>incision and drainage, biopsy, or local injection directly with<br>glucocorticoids.<br>Dry eyes- what hx to focus on<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Focus on current medications, any symptoms of fever, genital<br>discharge, rash or joint pain; smoking history or second-hand smoke<br>exposure<br>Examination for dry eyes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In addition to a slit-lamp examination, a Schirmer test to quantify<br>lacrimal secretions may be done<br>Self-care for dry eyes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wearing goggles when swimming; using a preservative-free artificial<br>tears preparation; taking frequent rest periods from the computer<br>and hand-held electronic devices<br>Epiphora<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Is an overflow of tears onto the face, other than caused by normal<br>crying. Is a result of insufficient tear film drainage from the eyes;<br>tears roll down the face rather than through the nasolacrimal<br>system.<br>Epiphora at risk patients<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is an especially common complaint in elderly clients and<br>individuals with allergies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The causative organism of viral conjunctivitis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}