APEA 3P EXAM COMPLETE STUDY QUESTIONS WITH

APEA 3P EXAM COMPLETE STUDY QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

Blepharitis (inflammation of the eyelids): Symptoms/treatment - Answer>>>Symptoms:
Bilateral red and swollen edges of eyelids
May have fine scales
More common with seborrheic dermatitis
Treatment: Scrub eyelids in warm water and baby shampoo
Pterygium (Surfer's eye): Symptoms/Treatment - Answer>>>Symptoms:
Triangular-shaped white to yellow superficial growth
On nasal side
Caused by long term UV damage
Treatment:
Surgical remove if it grows into the pupil
Prevention: wear sunglasses
Pinguecula (think of Ping-Pong): Symptoms/Treatment - Answer>>>Symptoms: White to
yellowish small round superficial lesion on each side of the cornea Caused by long-term UV
damage
Treatment: • Prevention: wear sunglasses
Chalazion: Symptoms & Treatment - Answer>>>Symptoms:
Small painless nodule
Chronic inflammation of the meibomian gland (specialized sweat gland)
Grows gradually
Treatment: • Hot compress QID if large otherwise no treatment
Hordeolum (Stye): Symptoms and Treatment - Answer>>>Symptoms: Painful • Swollen • Red,
warm, abscess, and it's acute Think Hordeolum "Hurts"
Treatment: • Hot compress until it drains QID • Avoid wearing eye make-up • Erythromycin or
dicloxacillin QID if preseptal cellulitis develops 17 o Refer to ophthalmology for I&D
Senile arcus: Symptoms and Treatment - Answer>>>Symptoms: White-gray ring on edge of
cornea in elderly and is bilateral Normal finding in elderly Result of lipid deposit