Reference no: EM133267784

QUESTION 1 - A 68-year-old patient comes to see you with complaints of increasing visual blurring, pain in one eye, halos around lights when driving at night, and some photophobia. Upon exam, you notice some conjunctival injection. What is your diagnosis?

QUESTION 2 - Describe the characteristics of dry, nonexudative, or atrophic macular degeneration.

QUESTION 3 - What education would you give your older patients about the preventable causes of hearing loss?

QUESTION 4 - How often should an older adult be screened for hearing loss?

QUESTION 5 - Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is defined as one disease with three stages, early, intermediate, and late. Describe the characteristics of late stage AMD.

QUESTION 6 - Herbert is a 75-year-old male who tells you he has been bothered by a "runny nose" for several weeks. He has a history of hypertension (HTN) and hyperlipidemia, and has been taking Sudafed for his runny nose, which he says has been working well. His vital signs today are 150/86 P 89 P02 98%. What recommendations would you make for him in regard to medication treatment of his rhinitis?

QUESTION 7 - You diagnose a patient with acute angle glaucoma. How would you educate the patient about this disease?

QUESTION 8 - Martin is an 82-year-old with a history of smoking and alcohol use, which are known risk factors in developing oral cancers. List another risk factor for oral cancer for developing oral cancer.

QUESTION 9 - You suspect your patient may have a hordeolum or chalazion Please list at least four differential diagnoses that need to be considered and ruled out.

QUESTION 10 - Epistaxis (nose bleeds) can be more common in an older person. Name three reasons epistaxis can occur in an older person.