Category FFS
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Corneal foreign bodies

Corneal foreign bodies present with pain, watering, and irritation. Remove under anaesthesia, exclude penetrating injury, and arrange follow-up.

LITFL Fellowship Finishing School FFS 680

Acute Bacterial Conjunctivitis

Bacterial conjunctivitis is common and treatable, but screen for serious infections like gonococcus, meningococcus, and trachoma in high-risk patients.

LITFL Fellowship Finishing School FFS 680

Acute Loss of Vision: Non-Traumatic (chart)

Acute PAINLESS Loss of Vision Condition Time Course Notes Migraine Transient Associated headache, but no globe pain Amaurosis fugax Transient Monocular symptoms Cerebral TIA Transient Bilateral symptoms Cerebral Stroke Persistent Bilateral symptoms Central retinal artery occlusion Persistent Characteristic fundoscopy Central…

LITFL Fellowship Finishing School FFS 680

FFS: Amaurosis fugax

Amaurosis fugax is sudden, painless, transient monocular vision loss from retinal ischaemia—an emergency signalling high stroke risk, requiring urgent carotid evaluation and stroke unit admission