Special sens community Flashcards
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
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visual acuity below …/… = blindness
3/60
Infections case blindness as
Trachoma
karatisis
parasitic infection
Eye disease as
Catarct
gluacmoa
conreal opacity cause blindness
Diabetic retiopathy represent retinal degenration causing
blindness
Optic nerve atrophy - ocular trauma - uncorrected referactive error can cause
BLINDNESS
Drugs also can caus blindness
Nutritional blindness due to ,,,, deficiency
Vit A deficiency
…million visually impaired =….%
… in developing Counteries
285 millions-4.25 %
80% of them in developing countries
In egypt most common causes of corneal opacitis due to ?
Trachoma followed by
catarc and glaucoma
and diabeti retionpathy
Risk factors of blindness ?
Age
gender females
socioeconimic
Tobacco + UV rays + Vit A deficiency
Prevention of blindness
Intial assessment
Methods of intervention
1ry + 2ry + 3ry
eye conditions trated / prevented by locally tained primary health care workers of physicans who are first care givers in the community
Primary eye care
-Early case finding by screening of school children + rural areas
Definitive Mangement of common blinding conditions such as Trichiasis entropion ocular trauma glaucoma
Provided by District hospital + Mobile eye clinics
Secondary 2ry Eye care
Highly specialized institiues providing cares
As retinal detachment surgery + Corneal graphing and other complex methods of treatment
3ry care
Speical programs of blindness prevention
Trachoma control
Shcool eye health services
Vit A prophylaxis
Occuptional eye health care services
People with heaing loss ranging from mild to severe
Hard of hearing..
through spoken language can benefit from hearing aids choclear implants and other devices
……% of world population has heaing loss
5 % =466 millions
Matenral rubella +syphlis may cause
hearing loss
Low birth weight + birth asphyxia
drugs as aminoglycosides + severe jauncdice nenoate =
Haering loss
Acquired causes of hearing loss :
Infectious diseases as
-Meningitis Measels -mumps
Chronic ear infection : collection of fluid in the ear Otitis media
Medicine in treatment of Neonatal infections + malaria + drug resistant TB + CANCER
Injury to head or ear
Excessive noise in occupations as Machine + explosions
Recreational exposure to loud noise
Agening
Wax + Foregin bodie causing conductive deafness
CAUSE HEARING LOSS
Hearing loss impact
Functional impact
Social emotional imapcat
Economic impacts
Prevention of hearing loss
Immunization against measels mumps reubella meneigits
Immunization of adlescent girls + Pregnants from rubella
Preventing CMV in mothers + screening for Syphilis in pregnants
Reducing Occuptional and recreational exposure to loud noise
Screening of children for otitis media
Avoid aminoglycosides
Early assement of children expected to have hearing loss
Healt education
Thanks
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