Manual for Eye Examination and Diagnosis
Chapter One
Medical history
The history includes the patient's chief complaints,
medical illnesses, current medications,
allergies to medications, and family history of
eye disease.
Common chief complaints Causes
Persistent loss of vision 1 Focusing problems are the most common
complaints. Everyone eventually needs glasses to
attain perfect vision, and fitting lenses occupies
half the eye care professional's day
2 Cataracts are cloudy lenses that occur in
everyone in later life. Unoperated cataracts are
the leading cause of blindness worldwide. In the
USA, over 2.8 million cataract extractions are
performed each year
3 Diabetes affects 14 million Americans, increasing
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