PRESENTATION OPTHALM

Question 1

What visual problem presents with a :

generalised reduction in visual acuity

Faded colour vision: making it more difficult to distinguish different colours

Glare: lights appear brighter than usual

Halos around lights / starbursts

Answer 1

Cataracts

Question 2

What visual problem presents with peripheral loss of vision with haloes around lights?

Answer 2

Glaucoma

Question 3

What visual problem presents with a central loss of vision with a crooked or wavy appearance to striaght lines?

Answer 3

Macular degeneration